Spiced Pears with Vanilla Quark and Walnut Crumble

Whole pears poach in a wintry orange and spice syrup, served with a creamy vanilla quark cream and crunchy walnut-oat crumble. The dessert can be prepared the day before and is well suited for festive holidays.

By yumbelo · 6 servings · 60 minutes

Ingredients

• 6 pc Pears
• 400 ml Orange juice
• 80 g Sugar
• 1 pc Cinnamon stick
• 2 pc Star anise
• 3 pc Cloves
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 500 g Low-fat quark
• 200 ml Whipping cream
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 40 g Powdered sugar
• 60 g Rolled oats
• 30 g Butter
• 40 g Walnuts
• 1 tsp Ground cinnamon

Method

1. Peel the pears, remove the core from the bottom and leave the stems on.
2. Bring the orange juice, sugar, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves and lemon juice to a boil in a large pot.
3. Place the pears in the syrup, reduce the heat and simmer the pears covered for about 20 minutes until tender, turning them occasionally.
4. Let the pears cool in the syrup, then reduce the syrup over medium heat to about half its volume.
5. Melt the butter in a pan, toast the oats in it until golden brown, coarsely chop the walnuts and mix them with the cinnamon. Let the crumble cool on a plate.
6. Stir the quark with powdered sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.
7. Whip the cream until stiff and gently fold it into the quark mixture.
8. Fill the quark cream into glasses or small bowls and serve each with a pear, some syrup and crumble.