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Desserts
Pears in Red Wine
Strong red wine (Shiraz/Syrah)
Firm pears
Cinnamon stick
Vanilla pod
Peel of half an orange
Water
Fructose
Method
Pour the wine into your
ceramic pot and then place in
the pears, making sure that
they are sitting upright. Add
the remaining ingredients and
cook for 5 hours. Once
cooked, remove pears, set a
side while you put the liquid
into a frying pan and briskly
reduce by half or until you
have a consistency of double
cream. Bear in mind that the
more you reduce the liquid, the
sweeter it will become. Serve
with vanilla ice cream or a blob
of fromage frais.
Great because...
Pears are rich in soluble fibre
which helps to control blood
sugar and blood cholesterol
levels.
It is a low calorie pudding with
almost a third of your day’s
fibre per serving.
Rice pudding
4.5 litres
Butter
40g
Pudding rice
150g
Sugar
150g
Milk
1
1
/
2
litre
Pinch of nutmeg
Method
Butter the inside of the
ceramic pot. Add all
ingredients and stir. Place the
ceramic pot on the slow
cooker base and cover with
the lid. Cook for approximately
3 - 4 hours.
Fruit compote
4.5 litres
Dried mixed fruit, such as apples,
prunes, pears, apricots and peaches
500g
Sultanas
60g
Raisins
60g
Flaked almonds
35g
Caster sugar
5 tbsp
Water
1 litre
Cointreau
5 tbsp
Method
Place all ingredients, except
the cointreau, in the ceramic
pot. As the apple rings tend to
float to the surface and may
discolour, put them at the
bottom. Cook for
approximately 5 - 7 hours.
Transfer the fruit to a serving
dish and allow to cool. Cool
the fruit first before putting into
a cut-glass dish. Stir in the
cointreau and serve chilled.
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