Preparation details
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Serving
- Serve warm as a dessert. Honey is not for children under 12 months.
- Duration
- Bake 25–30 minutes at 375°F / 190°C. Total time: about 40 minutes.
Honey–ginger baked pears
Warm baked pears flavored with ginger and a small amount of honey.
Associated use
Where this preparation appears
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Honey
A familiar food ingredient commonly used in warm drinks and other home preparations.
See evidence, safety, and uses →Ingredients
- Ripe pears
- 4, halved and cored
- Honey
- 2 tablespoons
- Fresh ginger, grated
- 1 teaspoon
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F / 190°C.
- Arrange pears cut-side up, drizzle with honey, and sprinkle with ginger.
- Bake 25–30 minutes until tender.
Equipment: baking dish, knife.
Safety information
Get medical help if oral ginger can cause stomach discomfort, heartburn, diarrhea, or mouth and throat irritation in some people.
Get medical help if if you take medicines, ask a clinician or pharmacist before using ginger specifically for a health purpose.
Get medical help if pregnancy and breastfeeding guidance depends on the ginger product and preparation.
Get medical help if never give honey to a child under 12 months because of the risk of infant botulism.
Get medical help if honey used here is an ordinary food ingredient.
Get medical help if if you have gallstone disease, avoid using ginger specifically for a health purpose unless a clinician advises otherwise.
Get medical help if this MVP scopes medicinal ginger guidance to adults.
Condition-specific cautions
Acute cough: Never give honey to a child under 12 months because of the risk of infant botulism.
Menstrual cramps: Oral ginger can cause heartburn, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, or mouth/throat irritation. Review medicinal ginger use with a healthcare professional if you take regular medicines, especially medicines that affect bleeding, or if you are pregnant.
Mild nausea: Ginger can cause heartburn, stomach upset, diarrhea, or mouth and throat irritation in some people. If you take medicines, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or plan to use ginger regularly in medicinal amounts, check with a healthcare professional first.
Minor muscle soreness: Oral ginger can cause abdominal discomfort, heartburn, diarrhea, and mouth or throat irritation. Review supplement use with a clinician or pharmacist if you take medicines, have significant bleeding risk, are pregnant, or are breastfeeding.
Sore throat: Never give honey to a child under 12 months because of the risk of infant botulism.