Baked Pears with Caramel Sauce

Using a pear corer, remove the cores from the pears

Peel them and brush the outside with lemon juice

Cut the pears into thin slices, horizontally

Preheat the oven to high temperature

Place the pear slices in the baking dish, stacking them one on top of another to form the shape of a whole pear

Fill each pear with a little bit of brown sugar, butter, and rum

Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar and butter over the pears

Bake for 15 minutes, brushing the pears with the juices that will form at the bottom of the baking dish

Reduce the oven temperature to medium and insert the cinnamon sticks into the cavity of each pear

Let it bake for another 10 minutes, brushing with the juices from the baking dish until the pears are golden brown and tender

If the brown sugar starts to burn at the bottom of the baking dish, add 1/4 cup of water

Remove from the oven and transfer to individual plates

Brush with the juices from the baking dish and decorate with fresh mint leaves.