Recipe for Poached Vanilla Pear

Ingredients for Poached Vanilla Pear:
4 pears.
2 tablespoons of raspberries.
1 teaspoon of honey.
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence.

Poached Vanilla Pear preparation instruction:
Peel each pear and cut in half and scoop out the core.

Place in a pan and barely cover with water. Add the honey and the vanilla essence and simmer gently for about five minutes or until the pears are tender.

Stir in the raspberries.

Lift out all the fruit including the raspberries and place in a serving dish.

Boil the juice to reduce to a syrup, then pour over the fruit.

Serve warm or chilled.

Yields four servings.