Pears poached in red wine with cardamom cream

Total: 35 min. | Active: 35 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 4 people

Pears
2 dl red wine (e.g. Chianti)
1 tbsp Grand Marnier
40 g sugar
pears, peeled, sliced
Crumble
30 g crispbread, roughly crumbled
30 g pecan nuts, coarsely chopped
10 g quinoa pops
½ tbsp sugar
Cream
250 g mascarpone
180 g plain yoghurt
2 tbsp sugar
¼ tsp ground cardamom
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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