Malva pudding with ginger & pears poached in rooibos tea

A delicious classic South African Malva pudding recipe with ginger & pears poached in rooibos tea.

Ingredients:

Malva pudding:

Mix up one pack of Ina Paarman Malva pudding or make a batch of the scratch recipe as per link above.

½ tsp ground ginger

1 Tbs finely chopped crystallized ginger

+ 1 Tbsp of the syrup reserved for the Malva sauce

Poached pears:

3 large pears or 4 smaller ones, peeled and cored

500ml strong rooibos tea brewed (2 x teabags)

1 cinnamon quill

3 x star anise pods

¼ cup of sugar