Cardamom poached pears with vanilla yoghurt

Name: Cardamom poached pears with vanilla yoghurt
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 firm pears, peeled, halved and cored; 6 cardamom pods, lightly crushed; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 orange, zest in strips and juice; 500ml water; 200g 0% fat Greek yoghurt; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Tender pears simmered with cardamom and orange, served with creamy vanilla yoghurt.

Time35 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.80 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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4firm pearspeeled, halved and cored
6cardamom podslightly crushed
1cinnamon stick
1orangezest in strips and juice
500 mlwater
200 g0% fat Greek yoghurt
1 tspvanilla extract

Method

1
Put the pears in a wide pan with the cardamom, cinnamon, orange zest and juice, and the water.
2
Bring to a gentle simmer, cover and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until a knife slides into the pears easily.
23 min
3
Lift the pears out with a slotted spoon. Boil the liquid for 8 minutes until reduced to a light syrup.
8 min
4
Stir the vanilla into the yoghurt.
5
Serve two pear halves per person with a spoonful of yoghurt and the spiced syrup spooned over.

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