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Seared ham bruschetta with caramelised baby pears
( SERVES 4 )

NZ Woman's Weekly

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I recently found these baby pears in the supermarket and just had to use them, but you can use fresh pear slices too. Hot ham is so delicious and always tender – it releases all that intense smokiness into the sauce.

Ingredients

40 g	Butter
1 Tbsp	Oil, plain
6	Pears, in a jar from the supermarket, cut in half and cores removed
8 slices	Ham, thickly cutt off the bone
3 sprigs	Fresh thyme, or 4
½ cup	Maple syrup
½ cup	Water
8 slices	Sourdough bread
1 Tbsp	Wholegrain mustard

Directions

Heat 20g of the butter in a large frying pan and sear the bread slices until golden on each side. Remove and set aside to keep warm.
Heat remaining butter and oil in the same pan and sear the ham slices and halved pears until coloured.
Add the thyme leaves, maple syrup, water and mustard and simmer for 2-3 minutes until the ham is heated through and the sauce is syrupy.
Serve the hot ham slices with a few pear halves over the toast and spoon over the pan juices.