Roasted Pears with Blackberries, Ricotta and Lavendar Sugar

From BA 3/11
Makes 6 servings
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

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, crème fraîche, or vanilla ice cream

Ingredient info
Look for dried lavender blossoms at supermarkets, farmers' markets, and natural foods stores, or order them from deandeluca.com.

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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Nutritional Information
One serving contains:
Calories (kcal) 211.3
%Calories from Fat 22.1
Fat (g) 5.2
Saturated Fat (g) 2.7
Cholesterol (mg) 20.0
Carbohydrates (g) 38.0
Dietary Fiber (g) 7.6
Total Sugars (g) 29.4
Net Carbs (g) 30.4
Protein (g) 6.4
Sodium (mg) 160.2

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