Baked Pears Wrapped in Parchment

Ingredients

• 40 g Walnuts
• 500 g small firm pears (4 small firm pears)
• 1 Lime
• 2 tbsp Maple syrup
• 200 g yogurt (3.5% fat)
• ground cinnamon (to taste)
• liquid sweetener (optional)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Coarsely chop the walnuts and toast them in a dry pan until golden brown. Transfer to a small plate and let cool.

2. 2.

   Cut four sheets of light parchment paper (about 35x30 cm each) and lay them side by side on the work surface. Wash, peel, halve the pears, and remove the cores.

3. 3.

   Halve the lime and squeeze out the juice. In a small bowl whisk the juice with 1 tbsp maple syrup and the walnuts.

4. 4.

   Place two pear halves in the center of each parchment sheet and drizzle with the walnut‑syrup mixture.

5. 5.

   Tie each parchment sheet at both ends like candy with kitchen twine, sealing them shut. Bake on the oven rack in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan, gas level 3) on the middle shelf for about 10 minutes.

6. 6.

   Meanwhile whisk the yogurt with cinnamon to taste and a few drops of liquid sweetener until smooth.

7. 7.

   Remove the pear parcels from the oven, place them on plates, and carefully open. Drizzle remaining maple syrup over the pears and serve immediately with the yogurt.