Preparation time: 5 minutes plus cooling time
Cooking time: 20 minutes
You will need
568ml pear cider
400ml water
100g unrefined caster sugar
4 pears
1 lemon, chopped in half
2 sticks cinnamon
2 star anise
200ml whipping cream
2 tbsp unrefined icing sugar
1 tbsp ground mix spice
1 vanilla pod sliced in half and seeds removed
Method
1. Peel the pears, cut them in half and then scoop out the core from the pears.
2. In a pan bring to a simmer the pear cider, water, sugar, lemon halves, cinnamon and star anise and add the pears to this.
3. Simmer for around 20 minutes until the pears are tender.
4. Let the pears cool completely in the syrup (this will take around one and a half hours).
5. Whip the cream, with the sugar, vanilla and mix spice to soft-set peaks.
6. Serve the pears with some of the syrup and a generous dollop of spiced cream.
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