Beverley Dunbar from North Lanarkshire said:
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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 yogurt, or eat chilled with a bowl of muesli for a health 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
- Pinch of grated nutmeg
- 75g raisins or sultanas
- Juice of 1 lemon, zest peeled into strips with a vegetable peeler
- Juice of 3 oranges, zest from 1 orange peeled into strips
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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.
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To serve Yoghurt or Crème fraiche
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.
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 yogurt.
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 simple sugar is metabolised slowly, and so helps control blood sugar levels.
Comments on this recipe
That looks & sounds delicious. I love to buy pears when they're crunchy as I love them like that, but when I buy a them by the bucket which is the cheapest way to buy them at my local fruit market, I end up with too much & then they do end up being over-ripe which I dont like too much. I either chop them up & put in my cereal or chop them up & mix with some other fruit as fruit salad. Seeing that recipe opened up my eyes as to what to do with my over-ripe pears & other fruit. Now I know a way to use them up & what a delicious way too!
Just made this for dinner - it was delicious!
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