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Vanilla Poached Pears with Rum and Apricot Sauce
An impressive and light dinner party dessert. Pears are poached and paired with a delicious apricot sauce, then set alight with a generous glug of rum. The rum caramelises the sugar, and brings out the flavour of the pears.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 350ml water
- 150g caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 dessert pears - peeled, halved and cored
- 300g apricot preserves
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 2 tablespoons water
- 125ml rum
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:40min
- Bring 350ml water, sugar and vanilla extract to the boil in a saucepan over high heat. Add 3 or 4 pear halves, reduce heat to medium, and simmer gently until the pears have just turned tender, about 5 minutes. Remove cooked pears to a warm serving dish, and continue to cook the remaining pears.
- Increase heat to medium-high, and boil the syrup until it has reduced to 250ml. Stir in apricot preserves and return to the boil. Dissolve the cornflour in 2 tablespoons of water and stir into the simmering syrup. Cook and stir until thickened and clear, about 30 seconds.
- To serve, pour the hot sauce over the pears, and sprinkle with the rum. Carefully ignite the rum tableside with the lights turned low. Let the alcohol burn out before serving.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (20)
hey do you use white or dark rum? cheers - 04 Jul 2012
Really good and great presentation! Everyone loved the flames! I served it w/ the option of ice cream or table cream. The table cream was actually my favorite! I will definitely make this again! - 19 Jan 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
wow, this was excellent! my guests really enjoyed it. I've made it twice now. first time i served it with vanilla icecream and shortbread/buscuits because i thought the dessert needed something. But the second time we just ate it with ice cream. I will definetly be making this again. Even though i don't like pears too much this was very good. - 18 Dec 2009 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)