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Baked Citrus Pears and Apples
This recipe is good for children!
This is a healthy pudding ideal for using up pears, apples, oranges and lemons that may be left in the fruit bowl. Serve warm as a light pudding with Greek yoghurt, or eat chilled with a bowl of muesli for a healthy start to the day.
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 2 very ripe pears, peeled, cut into quarters and cored
- 2 apples, peeled, cut into quarters and cored
- Broken pieces of 1 stick of cinnamon
Cinnamon
Great in buns, cakes, and puddings.
- Add to baked apples or apple pies.
- Break the stick and add to poaching syrup for fruits like pears, plums or bananas or use to infuse wine or punch.
- Pinch of grated nutmeg
- Juice of 1 lemon, zest peeled into strips with a vegetable peeler
- Juice of 3 oranges, zest from 1 orange peeled into strips
- Crème fraiche or yoghurt
Crème fraiche
The French version of soured cream, it’s twice as rich, and thicker than the British version of sour cream.
- It can be used to lace soups, sauces and stews or it can be spooned over puddings and stirred into sweet dishes. Great for adding to leftovers, as it is quite rich and can withstand being heated.
- Plain full-fat yoghurt can be used instead of crème fraîche in cooking as long as you heat it gently – adding a little cornflour, which can help to prevent it from separating.
- The best crème fraîche comes from a strictly controlled area of Normandy called Isigny-sur-Mer and it’s sold in larger supermarkets in the UK.
to serve.Yoghurt
Greek yoghurt is good for adding to curries or making quick dips.
Choose fruit yoghurts for quick puddings for the children.
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75g raisins or sultanas Dried fruits
Dried fruits
Sultanas, currents, and raisins are all dried grapes of different varieties.
- They are a healthy snack on their own or with nuts. They also work well for fruitcakes and Christmas pudding, biscuits and buns.
- When re-hydrated in water, tea or alcohol they can be added to mousses, fools and ice creams.
- Their natural sweetness works well with Indian and North African recipes.
- Keep the fruits fresher by resealing them with bag clips or transfer them to airtight containers.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C 350°F Mark 4.
- Place the pear and apples quarters in a flameproof dish with the cinnamon stick, nutmeg, raisins, lemon and orange juice with the zest strips.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake in the oven for about 35-40 minutes or until the fruit is just soft.
- Serve warm with crème fraiche or yoghurt.
Health Note
A fresh apple is the ideal, healthy snack for children, easy to carry, filling, juicy and refreshing. Some varieties are a good source of vitamin C, which is an antioxidant and helps maintain the immune system. Apples are also relatively low in calories and contain a high proportion of fructose. This sugar is metabolised slowly, and so helps control blood sugar levels.
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