Pears Baked in Red Wine with Cardamom Cream

Cooking Time
70
Portions
3

Ingredients

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  • g pears
  • ml good quality red wine
  • g Country Range Unsalted Butter
  • g light demerara sugar
  •   tsp Country Range Ground Ginger
  • g Country Range Cinnamon Sticks
  • g Country Range Whole Star Anise
  •   tsp Country Range Whole Pimento
  • g Country Range Whole Cloves
  • g Country Range Cardamom Pods Cardamom Cream
  • ml double cream
  •   tsp Country Range Ground Cardamom
  •   tbsp caster sugar

  • 1

    Step 1

    Pre-heat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Peel the pears and cut a thin slices from the bottom of each one so they sit up in a casserole dish.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Pour over the wine and add the whole spices. Cut the butter into cubes and place a cube on top of each pear.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Sprinkle over the sugar, cover with foil or a lid and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
  • 4

    Step 4

    Remove the dish from the oven and baste the pears with the juice. Return the dish to the oven uncovered for 40 minutes or until the pears are soft.
  • 5

    Step 5

    For the cardamom cream, whisk the double cream until it forms soft peaks. Gently combine the sugar and ground cardamom.
  • 6

    Step 6

    Serve with the warm pears and a drizzle of the juice from the casserole dish.

Ingredients

  • 8 g pears
  • 275 ml good quality red wine
  • 25 g Country Range Unsalted Butter
  • 75 g light demerara sugar
  • 1 tsp Country Range Ground Ginger
  • 2 g Country Range Cinnamon Sticks
  • 2 g Country Range Whole Star Anise
  • 1 tsp Country Range Whole Pimento
  • 6 g Country Range Whole Cloves
  • 3 g Country Range Cardamom Pods Cardamom Cream
  • 275 ml double cream
  • 0.5 tsp Country Range Ground Cardamom
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar