Baked kumara with pear and bacon

These can be prepared up until the second baking stage.

Ingredients

4	Kumara (Main)
2 ½ Tbsp	Butter, or table spread
½ tsp	Salt and pepper
1	Large cooked pear, drained and diced (Main)
4 rashers	Streaky bacon (Main)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Bake the kumara until just soft.
3. Cool a little. Cut almost through each kumara from the top to the base. Scoop out the flesh leaving a shell.
4. Mash the kumara together with the butter and seasonings. Fold in the pear. Spoon back into the kumara shells.
5. Wrap each kumara with bacon. Secure with cocktail sticks.
6. Bake for about 5 minutes until the bacon is cooked and the kumara is heated through. Great served with roast pork or chicken, or pork steaks.