Maple roasted pears with thyme, coconut cream and gingernut crumble recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
This dreamy pear pudding is ideal for guests on a plant-based or dairy-free diet. Sweet maple syrup, fragrant thyme and festive ginger creates an intriguing, complex combination of flavours, finished off with a dash of luxurious coconut cream. This is too good to save for Christmas!
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 45 mins
- 287 calories / serving
- Dairy-free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 4 ripe but firm Conference pears, halved lengthways and cored
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 25g plant butter, softened
- 6 tbsp maple syrup, plus extra to serve (optional)
- 1–2 sprigs fresh thyme, torn into small pieces, plus extra to garnish
- 6 vegan ginger nuts biscuits
- 160g tin coconut cream
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- Energy
- 1205kJ 287.0kcal
- Fat
- 9g
- Saturates
- 5g
- Salt
- 0.2g
- Sugars
- 39g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 48.5gProtein 1.4gFibre 4.4g
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Method
- Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Place the pear halves cut-side up in a nonstick baking dish. Drizzle over the lemon juice.
- Dot with the plant butter, then drizzle with the maple syrup.
- Scatter with the pieces of thyme. Bake for 25–35 mins (depending on how ripe your pears are) until softened, basting twice, until golden and tender.
- Meanwhile, put the biscuits in a resealable plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin until crushed. Set aside.
- Divide the pears among 4 plates. Drizzle over juices from the pan.
- Dip 2 teaspoons in just-boiled water and scoop up a heaped teaspoon of the thick cream from the top of the tin of coconut milk for each serving (the coconut water at the bottom of the can be saved for smoothies). Sprinkle each generously with the crushed ginger nuts. Garnish each with a small sprig of thyme. Drizzle with extra maple syrup, if you like.
- Tip: Try adding a splash of whisky to the maple syrup for a boozy twist.
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