Baked Pears Feta Honey Cranberries (Printable Version)
Warm baked pears stuffed with feta, honey and cranberries—an elegant sweet-savory dish ready in under 40 minutes.
# What You'll Need:
→ Pears
01 - 4 ripe but firm pears
→ Filling
02 - 3.5 oz feta cheese, crumbled
03 - 3 tbsp dried cranberries
04 - 2 tbsp walnuts, roughly chopped (optional)
05 - 2 tbsp honey, plus extra for drizzling
06 - 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
07 - Zest of 1 lemon
→ Garnish
08 - Fresh mint leaves
# Directions:
01 - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking dish with parchment paper.
02 - Halve the pears lengthwise and scoop out the core and seeds, creating a small cavity in each half.
03 - In a small bowl, combine the crumbled feta cheese, dried cranberries, chopped walnuts (if using), 2 tbsp honey, ground cinnamon, and lemon zest until evenly mixed.
04 - Arrange the pear halves cut side up in the prepared baking dish. Fill each cavity generously with the feta mixture.
05 - Drizzle a little extra honey over the stuffed pears.
06 - Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the pears are tender and the edges are lightly caramelized.
07 - Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes. Garnish with fresh mint leaves before serving.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- The contrast of savory feta with sweet honey and tart cranberries makes every bite surprisingly complex and utterly addictive.
- It looks effortlessly elegant on a plate but takes barely ten minutes of hands on work, which means you get all the praise with none of the stress.
02 -
- Underripe pears will not soften enough in the oven no matter how long you bake them, so test for a gentle give near the stem before committing.
- Letting the pears cool for at least five minutes is not optional because the honey filling turns into molten lava that will punish impatient mouths.
03 -
- Warm the honey slightly before drizzling so it flows in a thin even stream rather than clumping in one spot and overwhelming a single bite.
- If your pears are wobbling in the baking dish, slice a thin strip off the rounded bottom of each half so they sit flat and keep the filling centered where it belongs.