Poached pears with raspberry coulis
40 min
These dessert pears are delicious, inexpensive and very simple to prepare. This recipe is accompanied by a raspberry coulis but you easily vary the tasty pleasures and prepare a strawberry or blackberry coulis instead!
Anaïs
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- Pears
- 1.5L water
- 150g caster sugar
- 4 pears - peeled, cored and cut into slices
- Sauce
- 300ml water
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 100g raspberries
- juice of 1/2 lemon
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:40min
- In a saucepan bring 1.5 litres water and 150g sugar to the boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until mixture forms a syrup; remove from heat. Place pears in this syrup and place over a medium heat. Simmer gently, without boiling, for about 15 minutes, or until pears are tender.
- In a saucepan simmer the 300ml water with 2 tablespoons sugar, then add the raspberries and lemon juice; cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Crush raspberries, purée, then press through a sieve to remove any remaining pulp.
- Pour a layer of coulis onto serving plates and then arrange the pears on top while still hot. Serve warm or cold.
To poach pears:
To make raspberry sauce:
Idea
To make this dessert just a little more decadent, serve with sweetened mascarpone, creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
