So tasty................- Juice of 2 oranges ( I had a blood orange so used this and a navel orange)
- 3/4 cup of brown sugar
- 1 cup of water
- 4 cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2-5 pears whole, peeled with the stems left on.
- Put the orange juice, water, sugar, cardamom pods and cinnamon stick in pan that can be covered with a lid.
- Allow this to simmer, stirring occasionally until the sugar is dissolved.
- Place the pears upright in the liquid and spoon a little of the liquid over the pears until they are covered in a layer of sauce.
- Simmer the pears in the sauce gently basting every 5 or so minutes so the sauce seeps into the pears.
- Pierce one of the pears after 10 minutes to to check for tenderness.
- Continue basting and checking until the pears are easily pierced but the flesh of the pear is not falling off. This will be about 20 minutes.
- When ready turn off the pan, baste one last time and serve as a stand alone dessert or with your choice of creamy goodness ( i.e ice cream).
