Good morning!
Here is a pear and ricotta treat that, with the addition of maple syrup, I have decided can be made appropriate for breakfast.
It’s a gentle, comforting start to a morning, which, as we all know, can sometimes be a jarring time of day.
(adapted from this recipe)
Serves 2
You’ll need:
- 2 ripe Starkrimson pears
- 1/2 lb fresh goat’s milk ricotta
- 4 T skyr-type 0% milkfat yogurt
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 t lemon oil
- 1 T raw sugar
- 1 t vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- granola for topping, optional
1. Peel, core, and quarter the pears. In a large saucepan, prepare the poaching liquid – maple syrup, water, lemon oil. Add pears and simmer on gentle heat for about 30 minutes, turning the fruit every so often.
2. In the meantime, whip the ricotta lightly – do not use a whisk unless you have a very fine one as ricotta will just clump and get stuck in it. I like to add the Icelandic/skyr yogurt to the ricotta and then just fold it gently with a spatula. Think of folding whipped egg whites.
3. Scoop the pears out of the poaching liquid and set aside. Bring the liquid to a boil and add sugar and vanilla. Simmer over medium heat, stirring often, until the liquid has thickened into a syrup and reduced by half.
4. Assemble your parfaits – layer pears with dollops of whipped ricotta.
Drizzle with syrup and top with some granola for crunch (and virtuousness), if desired.
I love that in your world adding maple syrup makes it appropriate for breakfast
it’s pretty healthy, all things considered
So this is why Katherine wanted parfait glasses. Looks wonderful. Love the maple.
Parfait glasses are great! Thanks, guys!
that sounds like a perfect breakfast, i agree completely! c
Thank you, I just had some :).
Yumm breakfast at your house sounds like the place to be!
I love breakfast!
This parfait just looks so delicious and so expensive. I love it.. and I can’t wait to try it out
Thanks, Kay, I hope you do!
These sound so yummy! What a great breakfast for a wintery morning…
I agree!
Great new idea for a breakfast!
Thanks!
Delicious! I love this!
Thank you!
Agreed! This delicious dessert is breakfast appropriate with syrup!
I’m glad it’s not just me who thinks this way:)
What a pretty and tasty way to start the morning! Ok. I have to ask – what is starkrimson. That’s a new one for me!
it’s a red pear variety, very smooth and velvety! Grown mainly in the Northwest, I think.
This parfait looks divine – I definitely want to eat my screen right now
Yum!!!
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