🍐 Puff Pastries with Pears

🗒 Ingredients:
‣ Puff pastry – 1 pack
‣ Pears – 3
‣ Water – 800 ml
‣ Sugar – 200 g
‣ Vanilla – to taste
‣ Cinnamon – 2 sticks
‣ Orange peel – 2–3 strips
‣ Star anise – 1 star (optional)
‣ Walnuts or pecans – 40–50 g
‣ Honey – 1 tbsp
‣ Grated orange zest – to taste
‣ Mint and powdered sugar – for serving

🍽 Instructions:
1. Peel the pears, cut them in half, and remove the cores.
2. In a saucepan, bring the water, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, star anise, and orange peel to a boil.
3. Add the pears and simmer over low heat for 10–15 minutes. Place them on a paper towel to remove excess moisture.
4. Finely chop the nuts and mix with honey and orange zest.
5. Roll out the puff pastry in one direction and cut into rectangles.
6. Place a bit of the nut filling into the hollow of each pear half, then place the pear cut side down on the pastry. Brush the edges with syrup if desired.
7. Bake at 200 °C (392 °F) for 20–25 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar and garnish with mint.

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