Baked Cardamom Pears and Apricots
Baked Cardamom Pears and Apricots is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 347 calories, 8g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have honey, apricots, wheat germ, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as an affordable side dish. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Cut butter into small pieces. In an 8- or 9-inch square pan, mix butter with oats, wheat germ, brown sugar, and almonds.
Bake in a 350 oven until mixture is lightly browned and crisp, 10 to 15 minutes; stir several times.
Meanwhile, in a 2- to 3-quart pan, combine honey, lemon juice, vanilla, almond extract, cardamom, apricots, and 2 tablespoons water. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
Peel, halve, and core pears.
Lay pears, cut side down, in a shallow 2- to 2 1/2-quart casserole. Spoon honey-apricot mixture over pears and cover casserole tightly.
Bake until pears are tender when pierced, 35 to 40 minutes.
Spoon pears, apricots, and juices equally into wide bowls.
Add scoops of frozen yogurt to each serving and sprinkle with topping.