Maureen Maxwell's Maori Language Week recipe

Published: 11:38AM Tuesday July 27, 2010 Source: ONE News

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    Rustic roasted pears with manuka honey, walnuts and Kikorangi blue cheese

It is Maori Language Week and the theme this year is Te Mahi Kai - the Language of Food. Each day this week, the recipes on TVNZ's Good Morning programme will run on tvnz.co.nz in English and Maori.

Good Morning's Maori language week coverage ends with a special cook-off on Friday.

Tuesday's recipe is by Maureen Maxwell. Maureen is the Kiwi woman who makes honey sexy.

Rustic roasted pears with manuka honey, walnuts and Kikorangi blue cheese

He pea tunua o te pämu i te taha o te miëre, te mänuka, te wönati me te tihi kikorangi

This can be used as an entrée, dessert or a light luncheon dish served with salad.

He pai tënei hei kai äpiti, hei purini, hei paramanawa ränei, hei täpiritanga ki te manga mata.

Preparation Time: 10 mins:
Cooking Time: 10-15 mins:
Number of Servings: 4
Cost per Serve: $2.44

Wä whakarite: 10 meneti:
Wä tunu 10 - 15 meneti:
Te tokomaha o ngä tängata ka whängaia: 4
Utu mo ia pereti mo ia pereti: $2.44

Ingredients:
2 well-shaped firm but ripe Comice or Packham's Triumph pears
2 Tablespoons table manuka honey, dark, bold and earthy.
2 Tablespoons dutter,
8 fresh walnut halves,
100g Kapiti Kikorangi blue cheese,
Small bunch of dried kawa kawa leaves *

Ngä kai:
E 2 ngä Pea Triumph ngä Comice, ngä Packham ränei
E 2 ngä pune tëpu miëre mänuka pöuriuri.
E 2 ngä pune tëpu pata
E 8 ngä haurua wönati
100 karämu tïhi Käpiti Kikorangi
Kia ruarua ngä rau Kawa kawa kua maroke

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees C.

Peel and cut pears in half lengthways down through the stalk. Neatly scoop out the core and pips using a melon baler or peach stone pipper. I often leave the stalks on for presentation. If necessary, trim the pear base slightly so that it lays flat.

Whakaritehia te tö kia 200c te wera

Waruhia, tapahia whäroatia ngä pea, mä te tätä. Whakamahia ngä taputapu motuhake ki te tango i te kiko me ngä käkano. Ka waihotia ngä tätä, kia pai te ähua. Tena pea me äta tapahi te p?take o te pea kia papatahi te noho.

Place in a baking dish lined with baking paper.

Place a walnut half and a wee pinch of crushed dried kawa kawa in the base of the pear cavity. Fill with cheese and place a second walnut half on the top. Warm butter and Manuka honey together then brush all over the pears.

Bake in a hot oven until 10-15 minutes until golden. Best served warm.

Whakatakotoria ki rö ipu, kua täkaia e te pepa tunu.

Raua te haurua wönati, me ngä maramara kawa kawa maroke ki te putake o te pea. Whakakiia ki te tïhi, aa whakatakotoria te haurua tuarua o te wönati ki runga. Whakamahanatia te pata me te miere Mänuka, aa pania ki runga i te pea.

Tunua ki rö tö mo te 10 - 15 meneti, kia koura te tae. He pai rawa atu mëna kei te mahana tonu.

Variation: Use thyme honey, a little lemon zest, fresh lemon thyme and Brie.

* To dry kawa kawa leaves: Wash and pat Kawa kawa leaves dry. Place inside a folded Paper kitchen towel and microwave for 30-40 seconds on high. Unwrap and let cool. Leaves can be stored in an airtight container for further use.

Köwhiringa ano: Whakamahia te miere Thyme, he kiriwaku rëmana, he thyme rëmana me te brie.

* Te whakamaroke i ngä rau kawa kawa:  Horoia ngä rau Kawa kawa; pokipoki tae noa kia maroke. Raua ki rö pepa taora kïhini, aa whakamahanatia ki te ngaru iti mo te 30 - 40 hëkona, i runga i te pu mahana wera. Huakina kia mätao. Ka täea te tiaki ki rö ipu kikï, hei whakamahi mo muri atu.


 

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