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Ed Baines
Ed Baines from Great Food Bites
Ed Baines makes the best use of windfall fruit with preserved apples and pears poached in light, vanilla-scented syrup

 

Preserved apples and pears in syrup

Method
 
1. Place the vanilla pods in a pan with the sugar, rosewater and water. Dissolve the sugar over a gentle heat and simmer the syrup for 30 minutes.

2. Peel core and quarter the fruit and add to the syrup. Poach for a further 20 minutes

3. Remove the fruit from the syrup and place in sterilised jars.

4. Bring the syrup to a fast boil, and pour over the fruit in the jar. Cover the jars with a disc of greaseproof paper and seal immediately with the lid.

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easy
 
Serves: makes 4 x 400g jars
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 50 min
 
 

Ingredients

 2 vanilla pods
100g Sugar
1 litre 600 ml water
2 drops rose water
2 Pears
2 dessert apples

 

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