Green Tea and Mandarin Poached Pears

Name: Green Tea and Mandarin Poached Pears
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 125 g/4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup golden caster/raw cane sugar; 4 green tea bags; 5 cm/2 in piece of root ginger, peeled and cut into thin slices; 125 g/4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup golden caster/raw cane sugar; Greek yogurt, to serve (optional); 4 firm pears, peeled, halved and cores removed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

In the Mood for Healthy Food

By Jo Pratt

Published 2015

About

This is a really light dessert to end a meal and a very good way to use those pears that are under-ripe. Poaching them in a powerful antioxidant green tea, mandarin and ginger infusion will soften them up nicely and give them a great flavour. Serve alone or with a dollop of Greek yogurt for a creamier finish.

Ingredients

4 green tea bags
125 g/4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Put the tea bags in a jug with 1l/35fl oz/4 cups boiling water. Leave to brew for 5 minutes before discarding the tea bags. Pour the tea into a saucepan wide enough to hold the pears in a single layer.

Stir the sugar, ginger and mandarin zest into the tea. Put over a medium heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add the pears in a single layer. Bring the liquid to a simmer and cov