Poached Pears In Spiced Tea

This low-fat, easy and fresh-tasting pudding is perfect for feeding a crowd on a budget

• Cooking Time Prep 5 mins
  Cook 20 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 4

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  131

• Protein

  1g

• Carbs

  34g

• Fat

  0g

• Saturates

  0g

• Fibre

  4g

• Sugar

  34g

• Salt

  0.02g

Ingredients

• 50g golden caster sugar
• 1 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tbsp redcurrant or cranberry jelly
• 2 spiced fruit tea bags (Pukka's 'revitalise' is good, or apple & cinnamon)
• 4 firm pears, peeled, halved and core scooped out with a spoon
• handful fresh cranberries
• yogurt or sweetened crème fraîche with a little orange juice or zest, to serve

Directions

1. Put the sugar, honey, jelly and tea bags into a big saucepan with 600ml water and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the pear halves, then cover and simmer for 12-15 mins until the pears are just tender-poke them with a skewer or the tip of a knife.
2. Lift out the pears, then turn up the heat, throw in the cranberries and boil for a few mins until syrupy. Discard the tea bags. Serve the pears with the warm syrup poured over and a spoonful of crème fraîche or yogurt.

Categories: All Christmas, Dinner Party, Healthy