Saffron Poached Pears

Ingredients:

• 2 pears
• Saffron 3 g
• Milk 300 ml
• 4 cardamom pods
• 3 egg yolks
• Sugar 50 g
• Mint 20 g
• Caster sugar 150 g

Cooking Instructions

1. First, peel your pears. Cut them in halves and remove the core.
2. Add 150 g of caster sugar to boiling water. Then, add a pinch of saffron.
3. Poach pears for 25 minutes.
4. For mint and cardamom custard, add 300 ml of milk to a sauce pan, add 4 crushed cardamom pods. Slowly bring to boil, then, sieve.
5. Take 3 egg yolks and 50 g of sugar, add the cardamom fused milk and return to the heat. Stir constantly and allow thickening. Add 20 g of mint.
6. Drain the pairs and slice. Cover with caster sugar and glaze.
7. Serve pears with cardamom custard. Cook this recipe with a photo!

See: Other Desserts Recipes by Gordon Ramsay