Recipe: Grilled Maple-Macadamia Pears

Oil barbecue grill.
Reserve 4 large whole macadamia nuts. Chop remaining nuts and place in
small bowl. Add maple syrup, coconut, cream cheese, and vanilla to bowl;
stir with spoon until blended.
Pare pears whole; rub well with cut side of lemon to prevent discoloring.
With melon baller or small paring knife, and working up from bottom of
pear, scoop out core and leave cavity for macadamia filling. Spoon
macadamia mixture into pears. Push whole macadamia nut into bottom of pear
to keep filling in pear.
Grill pears on their sides, 5 inches above low coals in covered barbecue,
for 8 minutes or until heated through, turning every 2 or 3 minutes.
Stand pears upright on dessert plates to serve.