Spice-Poached Pears with Saffron and Cardamom
Prep time: 30 minServes: 4
Pairs with
Saffron-poached pears with cardamom — a vegan dessert that demands a dessert wine with the same exotic elegance. Tokaji or Muscat.
Ingredients
- 4 pears (Conference), peeled with stalk intact
- 500ml white wine
- 200g sugar
- ½ tsp saffron
- 6 cardamom pods, crushed
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 lemon, peel in strips
- Pistachios, chopped
Method
- 11. Bring wine, sugar, saffron, cardamom, vanilla and lemon peel to a boil.
- 22. Lower in the pears. Simmer gently for 20–25 minutes until translucent.
- 33. Remove the pears. Reduce the poaching liquid to a syrup.
- 44. Serve the pears with syrup and chopped pistachios.