Arlene's Spicy Baked pears with Yogurt

Featured in February 2000 Sunset Magazine, this award-winning recipe is an enduring favorite of our guests. It makes a great breakfast starter, but is also a tasty dessert treat, served warm with a little vanilla ice cream or creme fraiche. Some longtime guests of ours - - the Barquists, grow delicious pears in Lake County. Whenver they come to visit, we look forward to serving the wonderful pears they bring us, freshly picked from their orchards! This recipe can be prepared in advance by combining all the ingredients except the orange juice. Pour over right before baking. From our acclaimed cookbook, "Mendocino Mornings: A Collection of Breakfast Delights from the Joshua Grindle Inn".

Ingredients:

• 5 large ripe pears
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 3/4 cup orange juice (enough to make 1/2 inch of liquid)
• 1/4 cup butter
• cinnamon
• mace
• pinch ground cloves
• vanilla yogurt

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line bottom of 10x15 inch baking dish with the brown sugar. Sprinkle sugar layer generously with cinnamon, mace and pinch of clove.
3. Slice pears in half; remove cores and stems.
4. Lay pears cut side down on sugar mixture. Pour orange juice over pears and dot with butter.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until pears are tender.

Contact Information

Joshua Grindle Inn
44800 Little Lake Rd
PO Box 647
Mendocino, CA 95460
USA

Phone:	+1-707-937-4143
Toll-free:	+1-800-GRI-NDLE

Innkeeper(s)
Cindy & Charles Reinhart

Rates:
$189 - $359

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