Honey-roast pears with orange blossom and yoghurt recipe

Reuben Riffel
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Honey-roast pears with orange blossom and yoghurt recipe

Roasted pears drizzled in a citrus honey marinade and finished with fresh vanilla makes the perfect posh dinner party pud.

At a glance
  • Cuisine South African
  • Recipe Type Dessert
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation time 10 mins
  • Cooking time 35 mins
  • Serves 4 people
Ingredients
  • 100 g (3.5oz) honey
  • 1 lemon, juice and thinly peeled rind
  • 1 orange, juice and thinly peeled rind
  • 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
  • 4 pears, preferably South African Forelle pears, unpeeled, halved, cored
  • 2 tsp orange-blossom water, or to taste
To serve
  • 1 cup thick plain yoghurt
  • 1 handful chopped pistachios

Step-by-step

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Simmer the honey, juices, rinds, vanilla bean and seeds in a small saucepan over a medium heat until reduced to a light syrup (8-10 minutes).
  2. Place the pears, cut-side up in a roasting pan large enough to fit the pears snugly. Pour over the honey mixture and roast, basting occasionally, until tender and beginning to caramelise (20-25 minutes).
  3. Remove the pears from pan, stir through the orange-blossom water and serve the pears and syrup with yoghurt and pistachios.

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