Caramel pears with vanilla parfait

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
20 mins
TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Organic Orange
  • 200 g Honey
  • 100 ml Dessert wine (alternatively apple juice)
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
  • 4 Pears (e.g. Williams Christ)

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the orange, dry it and finely grate the peel. Squeeze the orange. Simmer honey in a wide pot at medium heat for 3-5 minutes until it caramelises a little. Add dessert wine, lemon juice, orange juice and zest (be careful, it may splash!) and simmer for 2-3 minutes until slightly syrupy.

  2. 2

    Peel the pears, cut them in half lengthwise and remove the core with a ball cutter or teaspoon. Add the pears to the caramel and steam for 5-8 minutes, turning.

  3. 3

    Serve the warm pears with the caramel syrup. Serve with a vanilla parfait or walnut ice cream.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
280 kcal
CARBS
63 g
FATS
1 g
PROTEINS
1 g