Slow Cooker Cherry Poached Pears with Coconut Cream Recipe
Ingredients
- For whipped coconut cream
- 1 (14 ounce) can coconut cream
- 1/4 generous cup Monk Fruit In The Raw
- For poached pears
- 9 firm, under-ripe Yellow or Red Bartlett pears
- 32 ounces tart cherry juice (unsweetened)
- 3 cups orange juice
- 10 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 3/4 cup Monk Fruit In The Raw
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