Food/pears
Three ways with
and the topping is crisp and golden. n Chill for a few hours, then
n Serve immediately with either decorate with mint leaves and serve.
pears
low-fat custard or natural yogurt,
if wished. Nutrition per serving: calories
168; fat 3g, of which sat. fat 1g;
Nutrition per serving: calories protein 8g; carbohydrates 30g, of
270; fat 7g, of which sat. fat 2g; which sugars 18g; fibre 5g; salt 0.5g.
protein 7g; carbohydrates 47g, of
which sugars 23g; fibre 8g; salt
Cal Fat Sat Sug Sal
8
v
0.25g
Caramel-roasted
Cal Fat Sat Sug Sal
v
d
pears
Pear melba
These golden, honey-toasted
A poached pear delight with
pears have delicious citrus and
two special sauces – creamy
cinnamon flavours.
lemon and tangy raspberry.
Serves 4
Serves 2
Preparation 10 minutes
Preparation 10 minutes
Cooking 15 minutes
Cooking 15 minutes
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4 pears, quartered and cored
2 cinnamon sticks 1 sprig of rosemary
The recipe for Blackberry
½ tsp vanilla essence 8 tbsp artificial sweetener
and Pear Crumbles is taken
2 tbsp lemon zest 4 level tbsp honey
from Slimming World’s
2 pears 1 thick strip each of orange peel
Four Seasons Cookbook
120g/4oz raspberries, reserving and lemon peel
(£15.99, Ebury Press) and
any juice cinnamon, to dust
the Caramel-roasted Pears is
2 tsp cornflour low-fat custard, to serve
from their One-Pot Wonders
100g/3½oz cottage cheese
1 tsp artificial sweetener n
cookbook (available from
Preheat the oven to
Slimming World groups). To
2 tbsp lemon juice 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
4 mint leaves n
find your nearest group, visit
Place the pears, cut side up, in
a shallow, ovenproof dish to fit
www.slimmingworld.com or
n In a saucepan combine snugly in a single layer.
call 0844 897 8000.
300ml/10fl oz water with the n Place the rosemary, sweetener,
Pear Melba comes
cinnamon stick, vanilla essence honey, citrus peel and 198ml/7fl oz
courtesy of the nutritionists
and lemon zest. water into a pan. Bring to the boil
at tescodiets.com.
n Heat the lemon mixture until and remove from the heat.
beginning to simmer. n Pour this syrup over the Nutrition per serving: calories
n Peel, core and halve the pear pears and place in the oven for 106; fat neg, of which sat. fat neg;
then poach it in the lemon 10-15 minutes or until lightly protein 0.5g; carbohydrates 27g,
mixture for 10 minutes. browned and cooked through. of which sugars 27g; fibre 2.5g;
n To make the raspberry n Remove from the oven, salt neg
n
sauce, purée 30g/1¼oz of the dust with cinnamon and serve
raspberries, plus any juice, with immediately with low-fat custard.
Cal Fat Sat Sug Sal
8
v
a hand-held electric blender.
Add the cornflour to the puréed
Factfile: pears
raspberries, then heat until
slightly thickened. Add the rest of Did you know that there are over 30 different varieties of pear?
the berries and cool. Often playing second fiddle to the apple, the pear is
n Again using the blender, purée a delicious fruit to cook with and
the cottage cheese, sweetener and is rich in vitamins A and C, and
lemon juice, until smooth.
potassium, as well as containing
n Place a spoonful of the
antioxidants which help boost
raspberry sauce on each
the immune system. Pears can
individual plate. Place the cottage
also help the digestive system,
cheese mixture onto the sauce
as they contain pectin and
and top with the poached pear
fibre which help keep bowel
halves. Drizzle with the remaining
movements regular.
raspberry sauce.
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