Pears poached in red wine with cardamom cream
Ingredients
for 4 people
2 dl | red wine (e.g. Chianti) |
1 tbsp | Grand Marnier |
40 g | sugar |
3 | pears, peeled, sliced |
30 g | crispbread, roughly crumbled |
30 g | pecan nuts, coarsely chopped |
10 g | quinoa pops |
½ tbsp | sugar |
250 g | mascarpone |
180 g | plain yoghurt |
2 tbsp | sugar |
¼ tsp | ground cardamom |
1 | organic lime, use grated zest and 1 tbsp of juice |
How it's done
Pears
Bring the wine, Grand Marnier and sugar to the boil in a small pan. Add the pears, cover and simmer over a low heat for approx. 15 mins. until just soft, turning the pears occasionally. Leave the pears to cool in the poaching liquid.
Crumble
Toast the crispbread in a frying pan for approx. 5 mins. over a medium heat along with all the other ingredients up to and including the sugar. Remove the crumble, leave to cool.
Cream
Using the whisk on a mixer, combine the mascarpone, yoghurt, sugar, cardamom, lime zest and juice in a bowl until the mixture is creamy.
To serve
Serve the cream with the pears, sprinkle the crumble on top.
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