FEATURE RECIPE
Honey-roast pears with orange-blossom and yoghurt

Honey-roast pears with orange-blossom and yoghurt

The pears can be prepared ahead and gently warmed just before serving.

Serves 4

Cooking Time Prep time 10 mins, cook 35 mins



200 gm   honey
Juice and   thinly peeled rind of 1 orange and 1 lemon
1   vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
4   beurre bosc pears, unpeeled, halved, cores removed with a melon-baller
2 tsp   orange-blossom water, or to taste
To serve:   thick plain yoghurt and chopped pistachios


1 Preheat oven to 200C. Simmer honey, juices, rinds, and vanilla bean and seeds in a small saucepan over medium heat until reduced to a light syrup (8-10 minutes). Place pears, cut-side up in a roasting pan large enough to fit pears snugly. Pour over honey mixture and roast, basting occasionally, until tender and beginning to caramelise (20-25 minutes). Remove pears from pan, stir through orange-blossom water and serve pears and syrup with yoghurt and pistachios.

This recipe is from the August 2009 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.

Drink Suggestion Pink moscato.

RECIPE Emma Knowles PHOTOGRAPHY Ben Dearnley STYLING Geraldine Munoz and Emma Knowles DRINK SUGGESTION Max Allen


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