Cider-Poached Pears With Yogurt and Almonds
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1⁄2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise
- 2 bosc pears, peeled, halved, and cored
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1⁄2 cup low-fat Greek yogurt (2% fat)
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted
directions
- In a small pan over medium-high heat, bring cider, orange juice, vanilla bean, cinnamon stick, and star anise to a boil. Place pears face down in the pan. Lower heat and simmer gently until a knife inserted into the pears meets no resistance, about 10-20 minutes. Once pears are tender, kill heat and let cool in pan. Remove to serving plates and set aside. Slice each pear from narrow to wide end in 5 or 6 slices; keep the slices attached at the narrow end. Press gently at one side to fan the pear slices.
- Over medium heat, return remaining poaching liquid to a boil and reduce to a glaze. Pour over pears.
- Mix orange zest with yogurt. Dollop equally on pears. Sprinkle almonds over yogurt. Serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!