Maple pears with pecans & cranberries

Maple pears with pecans & cranberries

Make a dessert fit for a dinner party in ten minutes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 5 mins

Low-fat

Method

  1. Peel and halve the pears and scoop out the core with a teaspoon. Lay the halves in a shallow microwaveable dish, cut side down, along with the cranberries. Pour 2 tbsp of the maple syrup over and cover with cling film. Microwave on High for 3 mins until softened, stirring halfway through. Uncover and leave to cool for a few mins. Stir the pecan nuts through the syrup.
  2. Spoon into serving dishes, drizzle extra maple syrup, if you like, and serve with yogurt.
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Making it full of fibre or for breakfast

Add whole stoned prunes and dried apricots along with the dried cranberries. To make it for breakfast, cool the pears in the fridge overnight, then serve with muesli or crunchy oat cereal and spoonfuls of yogurt.

Per serving

208 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 4g, sugar 9g, salt 0 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2005.

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  • 14 January 2008

    Victoria rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great as a healthy mid week pud.

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  • 20 August 2008

    Rocks rated and commented on this recipe

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    Gorgeous, and very simple!

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  • 08 September 2008

    Yumminess rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I tried substituting honey for the maple syrup and it was really nice! I also added some prunes with the cranberries - I think any dried fruit would be a great addition/substitution.

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    DJW rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Love this recipe for using up pears so quick and very tasty. I have used raisins and walnuts when I have not had cranberries or pecans and equally as tastey. A firm favourite.

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  • 14 June 2009

    Sophie commented on this recipe

    tastes great! works just as well with tinned pears, and honey instead of the maple syrup!

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  • 02 October 2010

    LaurenFLincoln commented on this recipe

    Lovely: I have made this twice now and its a fabulously simple, quick and delicious dessert. I also used tinned pears and drizzled most of the syrup from the tin over them as well just before baking and this gave a lovely, sticky sauce to spoon over the icecream I served with it.

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    Anne rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yummy!

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    WINETASTER15 rated and commented on this recipe

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    easy, quick, tasty. what more can you ask for!

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  • 04 October 2011

    Jaytee rated and commented on this recipe

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    Unbelievably easy and quick. Looks sophisticated. Tastes delicious. Didn't have cranberries so used a snack pack of dried fruit and it worked out just fine.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 5 mins

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe pears
  • handful dried cranberries
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup , plus extra to serve
  • 50g/2oz pecan nuts, broken roughly
  • Greek yogurt , to serve
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Per serving

208 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 4g, sugar 9g, salt 0 g

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