Jamie Oliver’s Pears in Fillo

Source: Jamie Oliver (one of his cookbooks)

Ingredients

• 4 Ripe Pears
• 1½ ounces Blanched Almonds
• 5½ ounces Butter
• 1¾ ounces Sugar
• Zest From 1 Orange
• 1 Vanilla Bean
• 2½ ounces Bittersweet Chocolate
• 16 Fillo Dough

Method

Heat oven to 325°F.

Peel pears. On the bottom of the pear, carve out a 1½-inch deep hole at core.

Whiz almonds and put in a bowl with 5 tbsp of butter, the sugar and zest. Add vanilla seeds from the pod.

Bash chocolate to small bits and add to mixture. Divide into 4 balls. Push a ball inside the cored bottom of each pear.

Melt rest of butter for brushing.

Cut fillo in half and get 12 x 8½″ pieces. Butter 4 sheets. Cut down to 8x8 inch squares. Pull sheets up to stem - butter outside. Put on a parchment covered baking sheet.

Bake 25 - 30 minutes