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Core and halve the pears.
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Place them face down in a greased baking dish.
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Whisk together the orange juice, cornstarch, cinnamon, cloves, sugar and water.
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Pour over the pears.
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Sprinkle over the raisins.
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Cover the baking dish with aluminium foil and bake in a 425 F or 220 C oven for 25 minutes.
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This is the time needed to bake fairly hard pears, so if yours are soft you may be able to take them out after 10-15 minutes.
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Take the dish out of the oven.
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Using a spoon, scoop up any juice on the bottom of the pan and drizzle it over the pears.
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Sprinkle over the brown sugar.
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Turn on the top element of the oven and put the pears back in the oven for a couple minutes until they start to brown on top.
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Remove from the oven.
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Divide between two bowls and serve topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.