Sherry-Roasted Pears

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   Preheat oven to 425u00b0. Peel, halve, and core pears and put cut side up in an 8- or 9-in. square baking dish. Pour sherry on top. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with side of a knife and add to sherry with pod. Drizzle pears with honey and dot with butter.

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   Roast, basting twice with juices, until pears are just tender when pierced, about 10 minutes.

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   Transfer ingredients to a deep bowl and let cool at least 2 hours, turning pears occasionally, or chill overnight. Strain before using, discarding vanilla pod; save syrup to use in cake batter and to serve with pancakes if you like.

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   *Find Oloroso sherry, a full-flavored, somewhat sweet sherry, in the wine section.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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