Mulled wine poached pears

Serves: 4
Time to make: 35 mins

Total cost: $ 12.32 / $ 3.08 per serve

(at time of publication)

Ingredients
Nutrition Info.(per serve)

1 cup red wine
juice and zest of 1 orange, plus 1 tablespoon zest, to serve
3 tablespoons brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
1 vanilla bean, cut in half
2 cinnamon sticks
4 firm pears, peeled with stalks intact
1/3 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen

Vanilla spiced cream
4 tablespoons low-fat plain yoghurt
1 teaspoon vanilla paste
2 tablespoons crème fraiche
sprinkling of mixed spice

Nutrition Info

Kilojoules 940kJ
Calories 225cal
Protein 2g
Total fat 3g
Saturated fat 2g
Carbohydrates 35g
Sugars 30g
Dietary fibre 4g
Sodium 40mg
Calcium 90mg
Iron 1mg

Instructions

In a small deep pan, large enough to fit pears snugly, place 3 1/2 to 4 cups water, wine, orange zest and juice, sugar, vanilla bean and cinnamon sticks. Heat gently, stirring, to dissolve the sugar.
Add pears then cover. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until tender. Test with a sharp knife, which should slide into the pear easily.
Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine all spiced cream ingredients.
Lift pears out of the pan and set aside, then turn heat up and bring remaining liquid to the boil. Add blueberries and boil for a few minutes until slightly syrupy. Serve pears with berries, warm syrup poured over, and spiced cream and orange zest.

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