Pear Mincemeat Dessert - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 bartlett pear, half (from a tin)
1 tablespoon mincemeat (from a jar)
1/2 teaspoon brandy (optional)
whipped cream, as desired

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a glass baking dish, place one bartlett pear half, well drained from a tin, for each serving-- place with the cavity up.
For each pear half, place one tbsp mincemeat (use a good quality product) in a small mixing bowl and add 1/2 tsp brandy for each tbsp of mincemeat; you don't have to use the brandy, though, if you don't want to, or you can substitute another spirit for the brandy (try Grand Marnier, or port).
Stir brandy and mincemeat together, then place one tbsp into the cavity in each pear half.
Bake pears for 20 minutes; serve warm, with lots of freshly whipped cream (if your waistline can take it).