Dessert Recipes - Pear Pleasure Recipe

Ingredients

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups water

• 60 ml/4 tbsp clear honey

• 2 limes

• 4 pears, peeled, quartered and cores removed

• 1 packet of lime-flavored jelly

• Maraschino cherries, drained

• thoroughly and halved

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups apple juice

• Crème fraiche, to serve

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Method:

1. Put the water and honey in a saucepan. Finely grate the rind and squeeze the juice from one of the limes and add to the pan.

2. Add the pear quarters and simmer gently until the pears look almost transparent and are just tender. Leave until cold.

3. Strain off the liquid and, if necessary, make up to  300 ml/1 1 /4 cups with water. Return the liquid to the saucepan.

4. Add half the jelly and heat until dissolved. Pour this mixture into a round glass serving dish and chill until set.

5. Arrange the pears in a starburst pattern over the top and decorate in between with halved maraschino cherries.

6. Meanwhile, dissolve the remaining jelly in the apple juice. Leave until cold but not set.

7. Pour gently over the pears and cherries and chill until set. Serve with crème fraiche.