Put the pears into a medium saucepan with the apple juice and vanilla pod
making sure to scrape out the vanilla seeds into the apple juice. Boil the pears in the juice for 20–30 minutes
or until they are tender.
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6 and have a roasting dish at the ready
large enough to fit all 6 pear halves.
Once the pears are poached
take them out of the pan
leaving the poaching liquid behind
and drain them on kitchen paper. Remove the vanilla pod from the poaching liquid and add the demerara sugar
then bring to the boil on a high heat and cook until the volume of the juice has reduced and is thick and syrupy.
For the crumble topping
put the flour and butter into a bowl. Rub in the butter with the tips of your fingers until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Mix in the sugar and granola.
Once the pears have cooled
use a teaspoon to take out the core from each one. Place the pear halves in the roasting dish and fill the cavities with chunks of marzipan.
Pat the crumble on top of each pear half and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
As soon as the pears are ready
take them out and serve hot. The juice should have reduced by now
so drizzle it all over the pears and serve with ice cream.
