Preheat oven to 190C and place pears, butter, maple syrup, cinnamon and lemon juice in a roasting pan. Roast the pears until soft and cooked through (about 25 – 30 minutes).

To make the porridge, place the oats and the milk or water in a large pan over a medium heat. Add salt, vanilla bean paste and cinnamon and stir with a wooden spoon.

Bring to a steady simmer for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring as often as you can to give you a smooth creamy porridge – if you like your porridge runnier, add more milk or water until you’ve got the consistency you like.

Pour the porridge into 4 bowls and top each with a pear quarter and drizzle the cooking liquid from the pears over the porridge. Sprinkle toasted walnuts on top and drizzle on extra maple syrup if desired and serve.