Spiced poached pears with yoghurt

Name: Spiced poached pears with yoghurt
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 firm pears, peeled, halved and cored; 600ml water; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 star anise; 1 orange, peeled zest in strips; 2 tbsp erythritol; 300g 0% fat Greek yoghurt; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Pears poached in cinnamon and star anise until tender, served with cold vanilla yoghurt.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.75 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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4firm pearspeeled, halved and cored
600 mlwater
1cinnamon stick
2star anise
1orangepeeled zest in strips
2 tbsperythritol
300 g0% fat Greek yoghurt
1 tspvanilla extract

Method

1
Put the water, cinnamon, star anise, orange zest and erythritol in a wide pan and bring to a gentle simmer.
2
Add the pears cut side down. Cover and poach for 20 to 25 minutes until a knife slides in easily.
23 min
3
Lift out the pears and boil the liquid hard for 8 minutes until reduced by half and syrupy.
8 min
4
Stir the vanilla into the yoghurt.
5
Serve the pears warm or cold with the yoghurt and a spoonful of the spiced liquid.

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