Kumara and rosemary brioche with maple syrup-poached pear

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    (although the brioche will be enough for 20 slices )
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Vegetables: The new food heroes

By Peter Gordon

Published 2007

  • About

If you can’t get hold of kumara – New Zealand’s sweet potato – you can use regular sweet potatoes or potatoes, but, as they all have differing moisture content, you may need to add a little extra flour. The vanilla pod is baked in the dough for added flavour. The pears are rich from the maple syrup and any left over are great mixed into porridge for a warming breakfast. They can be prepared up to 5 days in advance, if kept stored in the fridge in their cooking liquor.