
Pear & Cardamom Skyr
Pale, creamy skyr frozen yogurt with soft-cooked pear, warm cardamom and vanilla. Gently spiced and Nordic, sweetened with a date and a little honey.
- Hands-on
- 18 min
- Cooling
- 30 min
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Frozen Yogurt
- Makes
- 4 servings6 servings
Nutrition
Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 121 g), estimated
Whole tubpint: 494 kcal, 31 g protein741 kcal, 47 g protein (709 ml24 oz). Contains: Milk.
Ingredients
10 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
457 of 473 ml686 of 709 ml
In the tubpintScale reads
Put the empty tubpint (or your pan) on the kitchen scale and press zero. Add each ingredient until the scale shows the number on the right.
Mix everything in one big bowl, then divide it evenly between 2 tubspints.
Steps
- Put 180 g ripe pear270 ml ripe pear1 cup + 2 tbsp ripe pear270 g ripe pear410 ml ripe pear1¾ cups ripe pear, 1 tbsp honey1 tbsp honey1 tbsp honey1½ tbsp honey1½ tbsp honey1½ tbsp honey, ¾ tsp ground cardamom¾ tsp ground cardamom¾ tsp ground cardamom1⅛ tsp ground cardamom1⅛ tsp ground cardamom1⅛ tsp ground cardamom and 1 tsp fresh lemon juice1 tsp fresh lemon juice1 tsp fresh lemon juice1½ tsp fresh lemon juice1½ tsp fresh lemon juice1½ tsp fresh lemon juice in a small saucepan. Chop 1 Medjool date1 Medjool date1 Medjool date1½ Medjool dates1½ Medjool dates1½ Medjool dates and add to the pan.
- Cover and cook over low heat for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the pear is very soft. Let it cool for 30 minutes.
- Blend the pear with 220 g plain skyr210 ml plain skyr¾ cup + 2 tbsp plain skyr330 g plain skyr310 ml plain skyr1⅓ cups plain skyr, 2 tbsp skimmed milk powder2 tbsp skimmed milk powder2 tbsp nonfat dry milk powder3 tbsp skimmed milk powder3 tbsp skimmed milk powder3 tbsp nonfat dry milk powder, 1 tbsp whipping cream1 tbsp whipping cream1 tbsp heavy cream1½ tbsp whipping cream1½ tbsp whipping cream1½ tbsp heavy cream, 1 tsp pure vanilla extract1 tsp pure vanilla extract1 tsp vanilla extract1½ tsp pure vanilla extract1½ tsp pure vanilla extract1½ tsp vanilla extract and a pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salt until completely smooth.
- Pour the base into an empty tubpint, up to the max fill line, and put the lid on.
- Once it is completely cool, freeze the tubpint on a level shelf for 24 hours.
- Take the lid off, set the tubpint in the outer bowl and lock it into the machine. Run Frozen Yogurt.
- If it looks crumbly or powdery, add 15 ml semi-skimmed milk1 tbsp semi-skimmed milk1 tbsp 2% milk25 ml semi-skimmed milk1½ tbsp semi-skimmed milk1½ tbsp 2% milk and run Re-spin.
To serve: Dust each scoop with a pinch of cardamom and serve with thin slices of ripe pear.
My notes
Tips
- Freshly ground cardamom is far more fragrant: crush the seeds from 8 to 10 green pods in a mortar. Plain Greek yogurt works in place of skyr.
- Use soft, ripe pears that smell sweet at the stem. Hard pears taste flat and blend grainy. For a warmer spice, add a pinch of cinnamon with the cardamom.
- Leftovers: smooth the top flat and refreeze. Skyr sets firm in the freezer, so let the tubpint stand for 10 minutes before you run Frozen Yogurt again.
Why it works
Cooking softens the pear so it blends silky, and a date and a little honey bring the sugar a frozen yogurt needs to stay scoopable. Skyr adds protein that binds water, and milk powder and a spoon of cream give the lean base body.
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