Roasted Pears With Blackberries, Ricotta, And Lavender Sugar
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender blossoms
- 6 unpeeled pears (such as Bosc or Bartlett), quartered, cored
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 12-ounce package frozen blackberries
- 1 cup fresh whole-milk ricotta cheese, creme fraiche, or vanilla ice cream
- Look for dried lavender blossoms at ssupermarkets, farmers' markets, and natural foods stores, or order them from deandeluca.com.
- Grind first 2 ingredients in processor until lavender is finely chopped. DO AHEAD:
- Preheat oven to 425u0b0F. 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.
sugar, dried lavender blossoms, bartlett, lemon juice, frozen blackberries, wholemilk ricotta cheese, ssupermarkets
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/roasted-pears-with-blackberries-ricotta-and-lavender-sugar-364071 (may not work)