Roasted Pears with Blackberries, Ricotta, and Lavender Sugar

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Roasted Pears with Blackberries, Ricotta, and Lavender Sugar

6 servings

PREP TIME:

20 minutes

TOTAL TIME:

1 hour 15 minutes

Recipe by Marlena Spieler

Photograph by Marcus Nilsson

March 2011

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 1 1/2
• cups
• sugar
• 1 1
• tablespoon
• dried lavender blossoms
• 6 6
• unpeeled pears (such as Bosc or Bartlett), quartered, cored
• 2 2
• tablespoons
• fresh lemon juice
• 1 1
• 12-ounce package frozen blackberries
• 1 1
• cup
• fresh whole-milk ricotta cheese, crème fraîche, or vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation

Grind first 2 ingredients in processor until lavender is finely chopped. DO AHEAD Lavender sugar can be made 1 month ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.

Preheat oven to 425°F. Generously butter large rimmed baking sheet. Toss pears, lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons lavender sugar in large bowl. Transfer pears, 1 cut side down, to baking sheet. Roast 20 minutes. Turn pears, placing other cut side down. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon lavender sugar; roast 20 minutes. Turn pears, skin side down. Preheat broiler. Sprinkle pears with 1 tablespoon lavender sugar. Broil until pears begin to caramelize, about 8 minutes. Arrange berries around pears; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon lavender sugar. Broil until berries begin to release juice, about 5 minutes.

Divide pears, berries, and juice among bowls. Top with dollop of ricotta and serve.

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