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Cheese-filled Pears

Cheese-filled pears are baked pears stuffed with a sweet cream cheese mixture and topped with graham cracker crumbs.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Cheese-filled Pears

Oven350°F
Time15 to 20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pears

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

  2. Drain pear halves and set aside.

Make the spiced juice

  1. Place the juice in a saucepan and add the cinnamon stick and cloves.

  2. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer while you prepare the rest of the dish.

Fill and bake

  1. Combine cream cheese and honey; beat until blended.

  2. Fill pear halves with the cream cheese mixture.

  3. Place the filled pears in a shallow baking dish.

  4. Strain the juice onto the pears, discarding the cloves and cinnamon stick.

  5. Sprinkle the pears with graham cracker crumbs.

  6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

343Calories
4 gProtein
12 gFat
60 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Pear + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together600 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  3. Pear + honeytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Pear + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together512 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Cinnamon + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,446 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pear halves
Provide the fruit base that holds the filling and softens while baking in the spiced juice.
Cream cheese or neufchatel
Forms a rich, creamy filling that sets lightly and adds fat and body.
Honey
Sweetens the cream cheese filling and helps it blend smoothly.
Graham cracker crumbs
Adds a crisp, lightly browned topping over the soft filling.

The step that matters

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. The cream cheese filling is soft and can melt or become runny if overbaked, while underbaking leaves the pears cool and the filling unset. Checking near the shorter time helps keep the texture creamy and the pears tender.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pear, cinnamon, cream cheese, honey):

  1. Clovethe original
  2. Gingerfits about as well
  3. Cardamomfits about as well
  4. Nutmegfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pear, cinnamon, cream cheese, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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