Baked Pear Fan

• Course:Dinner
• Preparation time: 10 Minutes
• Cooking time: 40 Minutes
• Quantity:4 Persons

Ingredients

1. 0.25 tsp vanilla extract
2. 2 tbsp water
3. 0.25 tsp ground cinnamon
4. 0.25 tsp ground ginger
5. 0.25 tsp ground pepper
6. 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
7. 1 tbsp unsalted butter
8. 2 pears

Preparation instructions

1. Preheat oven to 190 Celsius. 2. To make pear fans: make 1/4-inch lengthwise slices along length of each half-pear, starting 1/3-inch from the stem end and cutting all the way down toward the rounded end. 3. Place butter in a 9-inch-square baking pan and melt on the stovetop. Add lemon juice, pepper, ginger, cinnamon and water to butter. Mix well. 4. Place pears in the pan, rounded sides up. Cover with aluminium foil and bake until pears are fork tender, about forty minutes, turning once halfway through baking time. 5. With a slotted spoon, transfer pear halves onto serving plates and carefully fan them out. 6. Stir vanilla into sauce in pan. Place pan on stovetop and cook to reduce slightly, about 1 minute. Spoon sauce over pears and serve warm.

Baked Halibut with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette

• Course:Dinner
• Preparation time: 15 Minutes
• Cooking time: 18 Minutes
• Quantity:4 Persons

Ingredients

1. 115 cup tinned diced tomatoes
2. 2 tsp capers
3. 2 basil leaves
4. 2 tbsp olive oil
5. 2 clove(s) garlic
6. 0.50 tsp salt
7. 0.50 tbsp fresh lemon juice
8. 0.30 tbsp lemon zest
9. 680 gr. halibut fillet

Preparation instructions

Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Lightly oil a baking dish, season the fish with salt & pepper and place in prepared dish. Bake for 15-18 mins until fish is opaque. Viniagrette: Combine lemon zest & juice, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Spear the garlic on a fork and use it to beat lemon juice mixture, beat in the oil and then stir in basil, capers and tomatoes. Place fillets on plates and spoon over vinaigrette.