Saffron Pears With Lavender

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Saffron Pears With Lavender

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Ingredients

  • 300 ml water
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 4 tablespoons honey
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • pinch of saffron threads
  • 3 dried lavender heads plus extra to decorate
  • 4 firm pears with the stalks intact peeled

Instructions

  • Place the measurement water and lemon juice in a heavy-based saucepan and bring to the boil.
  • Stir in the honey, cinnamon stick, saffron threads and lavender heads, reduce the heat and cook gently for 5 minutes.
  • Add the pears and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and cook gently for 20 minutes, turning and basting frequently.
  • Serve hot with the cooking liquid drizzled over, decorated with a few lavender petals.

Notes & Wine Advice

 

For saffron, pear & lavender tisane,

place 4 tall, heatproof glasses on a tray and pour 1 tablespoon boiling water into each. Scatter 4 saffron threads into each glass and leave to steep for 3 minutes. Add 1 ready-to-eat dried pear and 1 lavender stem to each glass. Top up with boiling water, drizzle in 1½ teaspoons runny honey to taste and serve as a digestive drink at the end of a meal, or as a pick-me-up drink at any time of day.
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Course; Dessert / Fruit
Cuisine; Arabic