Poached pears with vanilla and cinnamon

Name: Poached pears with vanilla and cinnamon
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 firm pears, peeled, left whole with stalk; 500ml water; 60g caster sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 lemon, juiced; 4 tbsp 0% fat Greek yoghurt

Soft, spiced pears in a light vanilla syrup, a pretty pudding with almost no fat.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.75 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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4firm pearspeeled, left whole with stalk
500 mlwater
60 gcaster sugar
1cinnamon stick
1 tspvanilla extract
1lemonjuiced
4 tbsp0% fat Greek yoghurt

Method

1
Put the water, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and lemon juice in a pan that fits the pears snugly. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves.
2
Add the pears and cover with a lid or a circle of baking paper.
3
Simmer gently for 25 minutes, turning once, until a knife slides in easily.
25 min
4
Lift out the pears. Boil the syrup hard for 8 minutes until thick enough to coat a spoon.
8 min
5
Serve the pears warm or chilled with the syrup spooned over and a spoonful of yoghurt.

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