Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Peel and cut pears into one-inch chunks then combine with lemon juice, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and vanilla paste to make filling.

Step 2

Melt two tablespoons of butter in cast iron skillet over medium heat then add in pear filling mixture and cook until thickened and bubbly (about 10-12 minutes), stirring every minute couple of minutes or so, then remove from heat.

Step 3

Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, fine sea salt, and baking soda and set aside.

Step 4

Stir the buttermilk and eight tablespoons of melted butter together (milk will look kind of curdled) then add to flour mixture and stir until just combined. The mixture should resemble a sticky biscuit dough.

Step 5

Carefully drop biscuit dough over top of pear filling in scoops. Brush dough with remaining two tablespoons of melted butter then place transfer pan to middle rack of oven to bake for about 25 minutes or until biscuit topping is golden brown and cooked through, pears are softened, and filling is bubbly.