Rooibos Roasted Peaches

Ingredients

• 6 ripe pears (peeled and halved)
• 1 cup hot rooibos espresso or strong rooibos tea
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup caramel sugar
• pinch of salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 200 degrees C

2. 2

   Place pears in a baking dish with the cut side down. Dissolve the sugar and salt in the espresso over a medium heat and add the vanilla extract. Pour the liquid over the pears, cover with foil and cook for 30 minutes. Uncover, turn the pears over and cook for a further 15 minutes. Remove the pears (cover with foil to keep warm). Pour the liquid in a small pot and boil for 5 minutes to reduce and thicken slightly.

3. 3

   Serve the pears with some syrup and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or slightly sweetened Greek yoghurt.

4. 4

   Or sprinkle with some pistachio dukkah (http://heinstirred.com/2014/04/07/pistachio-dukkah/) and serve as part of cheese platter.