Ingredients
8 cups sliced pears, cut into chunks
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup grade A maple syrup
1 1/2 cups good quality ricotta
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Kosher salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place pear chunks on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Drizzle with melted butter and then maple syrup. Bake for 10 minutes until fruit is just caramelized around the edges. Remove from oven and allow it to cool slightly.
In a large mixing bowl whisk together ricotta, powdered sugar and lemon juice.
Layer in the following order: fruit, a little of the syrup from the roasting tray, walnuts, and a heaping tablespoon of sweetened ricotta. Repeat layers. Top off with walnuts and a drizzle of the sweet syrup from the roasting tray.
