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Pears
cooked in orange sauce
Chef: Yolanda Torrisi
Degree of difficulty:
Low
Preparation time:10 Minutes
Cooking time: 10 Minutes
Ingredients
6
large firm pears
400ml orange juice
1 cup dry white wine
2 bay leaves
1
large cinnamon stick
3/4 cup honey
¼ cup sugar
250g raspberries
(fresh or frozen)
Preparation:
- Peel
the pears neatly and evenly. Ensure they have a good strong stalk
- Place
them in a saucepan with the orange juice, wine, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, honey
and sugar.
- Cover
the pan and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Turn
the pears over in their cooking liquid and boil quickly with lid removed until
the liquid is reduced by half. Cover the pan and leave them to cool in their liquid.
To
serve: - Place
half a cup of the pear liquid in a wide lipped individual serving bowl.
- Stand
one pear upright in the juice. Place a green leaf near the stalk.
- Place
a scoop of icecream beside the pear in the liquid.
Enjoy!
Tip
for Stewing Fruit:
Fruit will not break up in stewing if it is put into
hot syrup made by boiling one cup of sugar and two cups of water. Simmer very
gently until almost done. Leave the fruit in the saucepan with the lid on and
cooking will be completed as syrup and fruit cool. List
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