Cardamom Baked Pears

• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 pinch white pepper optional
• 1/2 vanilla bean halved lengthwise
• 2 pears firm ripe, such as Comice or Anjou, halved and seeded
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar unrefined
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil or butter, divided into 4 pieces
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts optional

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place one oven rack in top of oven and one in middle of oven. Combine wine, cardamom and white pepper, if using, in a 8-inch square baking dish. Scrape vanilla bean seeds into wine mixture and add scraped pod.
2. Place two pears cut-side up in baking dish. Pour lemon juice over pears, allowing excess to spill over. Sprinkle with sugar and top each pear half with a margarine piece. Cover pan with foil, place on middle rack in oven and bake 30 minutes or until tender.
3. Remove foil; turn oven to broil and shift baking pan to top rack. Broil 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
4. Meanwhile, toast pine nuts in skillet over medium heat, shaking pan frequently, 4-5 minutes or until browned.
5. Transfer pears to serving plates, drizzle with juice from pan and sprinkle with pine nuts.

white wine, ground cardamom, white pepper, vanilla bean, firm, lemon juice, sugar, coconut oil, nuts

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Cardamom-Baked-Pears-1651062 (may not work)