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Vanilla And Saffron Pears Recipe

Vanilla and saffron are two of the most highly desired spices in the world and are renowned for being luxurious and expensive.

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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 8 pears peeled but leaving on stalks
  • 1 litre /1¾ pints water
  • 250g/ 9 oz Fairtrade or organic sugar
  • 1 organic Fairtrade vanilla bean, cut lengthways and seeds scraped out
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • ½tsp organic ginger
  • ½tsp grated lemon zest

Vanilla and saffron are two of the most highly desired spices in the world and are renowned for being luxurious and expensive. What a great way to poach pears for a special meal then. Recipe for 6

Method

01
Place all the ingredients in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Cook over a gentle heat until the pears are soft, turning them occasionally - this should take 30 to 40 minutes depending on how ripe the pears are.
02
Serve in bowls with the vanilla and saffron poaching liquid and a really good vanilla ice cream or double cream.