Spiced Poached Pears.

You can cook Spiced Poached Pears using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Spiced Poached Pears

1. It's 4 of pears ,peeled, stalk intact.
2. Prepare 10 of green cardamom ,crushed.
3. Prepare 320 gm of castor sugar.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of saffron.
6. Prepare 1"piece of cinnamon stick.
7. It's 2 tbsp/1 tbsp of lemon juice,fresh or lime.
8. Prepare 1 litre of water.
9. It's of for the cardamom cream.
10. Prepare 250 ml of whipping cream ,chilled.
11. Prepare 6 tbsp of icing sugar.
12. It's 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence.

Spiced Poached Pears step by step

1. Whisk all the ingredients mentioned for cardamom cream in a chilled bowl.Whisk until stiff peaks form..
2. Combine all the ingredients except te the whipped cream in a saucepan and let it simmer, gently poaching the pears for two hours or until tender..
3. Remove from heat Let cool. Refrigerate overnight to steep..
4. Next day, remove pears and bring down to room temperature before serving..
5. Strain the syrup and discard the spices..
6. Boil the syrup until reduced to a sticky glaze..
7. Place the pears on a plate and drizzle with the syrup and serve with cardamom..