Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears With Spiced Jelly Food

SOUS VIDE POACHED PEARS

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with warm water, leaving 3 inches of head room. Attach the sous vide to the pot and set the temperature to 175 F degrees (80 degrees C) and timer to 1 hour.
• Peel pear and halve lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds using a small spoon. Place pear halves into a resealable or silicone bag and add butter, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.
• Remove all air from the bag and immerse the bag into the water, making sure that the top does not go below water. Leave in the water for 1 hour.
• Remove the bag when time is up and place pears on dessert plates. Drizzle with cooking liquid.

GINGER-SPICED PEARS

Steps:

• Put the sugar, vinegar, orange zest and juice, ginger, bay leaves and peppercorns in a large pan. Bring slowly to the boil, stirring constantly to dissolve the sugar, then boil for 5 mins.
• Meanwhile, peel, core and halve or quarter the pears, depending on size. Add the pears to the pan and poach gently for 10-15 mins until they are just tender. Remove with a slotted spoon and pack into warm sterilised Kilner jars with rubber seals (see tip below).
• Boil the vinegar mixture hard to reduce by a third, then pour over the pears, including the spices. The pears need to be completely covered with the liquid. Fit the rubber seal and clamp the jar tightly closed. Reserve any leftover syrup for topping up the jars later, as the pears will absorb the syrup over time. Store for up to 2 months.

GINGER TEA SOUS VIDE PEARS WITH SPICED JELLY

Steps:

• Combine water, sugar, ginger, lemongrass, cardamom, star anise, and black pepercorns in a sauce pot and simmer for five minutes. Leave to cool and strain.
• Peel the pears and put in a sous vide bag together with the spiced ginger syrup.
• Poach in a water bath pre-heated to 180F for two hours.
• Submerge the cooked pears in an ice bath.
• Transfer poaching liquid into a sauce pot. Add gelatin and heat until near boiling.
• Pour gelatin into a mold and refrigerate to set
• Serve poached pears with jelly and light syrup or ice cream.

GINGER PEAR JAM

Steps:

• Grate pears coarsely. Combine grated pears with sugar, lemon juice, and ginger in large SS pot.
• Bring pear mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook 30-45 minutes, or until thickened.
• Stir pectin into 3/4 cup of jam liquid, if desired, and add to jam.
• Cook 3 minutes more.
• Meanwhile prepare jars, lids, canner.
• Fill jars to 1/4-inch headspace, cap, and process 10 minutes.