Desserts · CRESPO KITCHEN

Spiced Pears with Dried Mango Sauce

Poached pears with a sauce made from the cooking liquid.

40 min approx.4 servingsDried mango

Ingredient photograph: Dried mango. Luiz Henrique Mendes · Pexels. Original. Photography credits.

Ingredients

4 firm pears, peeled and halved
100 g chopped dried mango
600 ml water
70 g sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 strips orange peel
15 ml lemon juice

Method

Boil water, sugar, cinnamon and peel for 5 minutes.
Add pears and mango; simmer gently for 15–25 minutes, turning, until pears are tender.
Remove pears, cinnamon and peel. Blend mango with 200 ml cooking liquid and lemon.
Serve 2 pear halves per person over sauce, warm or chilled.

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