Recipe Ingredient
- 4-5 beurre bosc pears, peeled
- 2 star anise
- 2 cloves
- 1 orange
- 180g castor sugar
- 500ml water
- 150ml Cointreau
Instructions
- Cut the zest from the orange, omitting the white pith, and slice finely. Squeeze the orange for juice. Combine sugar, star anise, cloves, orange zest and orange juice into a deep saucepan. Add water and bring to the boil until sugar dissolves completely.
- Add the pears and pour in Cointreau. Make sure that the pears are submerged in the liquid (if there is not enough water, add some more).
- Reduce the heat and simmer pears for 20-25 minutes or until they are almost tender.
- Drain the pears from the liquid and leave to cool completely. Chill the pears in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.
