Baked Pears With Saba

Name: Baked Pears With Saba
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 6 bosc pears, peeled, cored and halved; Juice of 2 large lemons, and grated zest of one; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 3/4 cups saba or vin cot

By Florence Fabricant

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Rating: 4(12)
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Ingredients

Yield:6 to 8 servings

6bosc pears, peeled, cored and halved
Juice of 2 large lemons, and grated zest of one
1tablespoon unsalted butter
½teaspoon ground cinnamon
1¾cups saba or vin cot

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Preparation

Step 1
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Toss pears in a bowl with lemon juice. Butter a 10- or 11-inch round or 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Arrange pears in dish. Sprinkle with lemon zest and cinnamon.
Step 2
Bake about 1 hour, basting every 20 minutes with ⅓ cup saba. Remove from oven. If pan juices are runny, spoon into a saucepan, and cook down until syrupy.
Step 3
Serve pears warm or cool, with pan juices and remaining saba drizzled over them.