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Vanilla and saffron pears
Recipe for 6
Ingredients
- 8 pears, peeled but leaving on stalks
- 1 litre water
- 250g FAIRTRADE sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, cut lengthways and seeds scraped out
- 1 pinch of saffron
- ½tsp organic ginger
- ½tsp grated lemon zest
What to do
- 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.
- Serve in bowls with the vanilla and saffron poaching liquid and a really good vanilla ice cream or double cream.
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