Stewed Pears
Quartered pears are simmered gently in a little sugar, some honey and a cinnamon stick until deliciously tender and flavorsome. The best part is that these pears team perfectly with cake, granola, yoghurt and much more which means you’ll never be bored!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
- 4 pears
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1+1/3 cup water (more or less as required)
Instructions
- 1
Peel the pears. Then cut into quarters and remove the cores.
- 2
Place 1 cup of water, sugar, honey and cinnamon stick in a medium saucepan. Set over high heat and bring to boil.
- 3
Add the pear quarters and more water to barely cover the pears. Bring to the boil over high heat.
- 4
When boiling, turn the heat down to a simmer, place the lid on and simmer gently for 5-10 minutes or until the pears are tender. Check occasionally to make sure that the pears are submerged in the liquid.
- 5
Leave them to sit in the cooking liquid for 20 minutes to absorb all the flavors before serving warm or cold. Delicious with cream or ice cream!