Poached pears in spiced tea
By Good Food
This low-fat, easy and fresh-tasting pudding is perfect for feeding a crowd on a budget
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Prep:5 mins
Cook:20 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
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kcal 131
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fat 0g
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saturates 0g
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carbs 34g
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sugars 34g
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fibre 4g
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protein 1g
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salt 0.02g
Ingredients
- 50g golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp clear honey
- 1 tbsp redcurrant or cranberry jelly
- 2 spiced fruit tea bags (Pukka's 'revitalise' is good, or apple & cinnamon)
- 4 firm pears, peeled, halved and core scooped out with a spoon
- handful fresh cranberries
- yogurt or sweetened crème fraîche with a little orange juice or zest, to serve
Tip
Emily's tipThis recipe works well with plums, too. You could also try using whatever fruit teas you have at home and adding a cinnamon stick and vanilla pod in with the poaching liquid, if you have them.
Method
Put the sugar, honey, jelly and tea bags into a big saucepan with 600ml water and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the pear halves, then cover and simmer for 12-15 mins until the pears are just tender – poke them with a skewer or the tip of a knife.
Lift out the pears, then turn up the heat, throw in the cranberries and boil for a few mins until syrupy. Discard the tea bags. Serve the pears with the warm syrup poured over and a spoonful of crème fraîche or yogurt.
