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Grilled pears in Madeira
This four-ingredient recipe makes a lovely, simple dessert. Serve with cream, ice cream or crème fraîche.
Ingredients
- 2 pears, peeled, cored and quartered
- juice of ½ lemon
- 150ml madeira
- 30g caster sugar
Method
Prep time:
10 min
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Cooking time:
15 min
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Step 1
Sprinkle the pears with lemon juice. In a pan, gently heat the Madeira and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat, add the pears, boil for 2 minutes.
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Step 2
Cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until the pears are just tender.
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Step 3
Remove from the heat and leave to cool. Once cooled, remove the pears from the syrup and place in a gratin dish. Boil the remaining syrup until reduced by half.
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Step 4
Pour the reduced syrup over the pears. Grill for a couple of minutes, until the pears start to brown.
