Ginger Pear Parfait

A layered dessert of yogurt, pears and ginger nut biscuits in a glass.

This ginger pear parfait is light and delicious the perfect way to finish off a meal. An easy make-in-advance dessert that is so pretty served in a glass.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: yogurt parfait, pear parfait, gingernut dessert, ginger yogurt

Servings: servings

Calories: 266kcal

Author: My Kids Lick The Bowl

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4.84 from 6 votes

Equipment

4 glasses

Ingredients

12 gingernut biscuits gingersnaps
800 g plain yogurt
400 g tinned pears
Crystalised ginger optional

Instructions

Drain the pears, reserving the juice for later. Dice the pears into 1cm pieces.
Spoon a layer of pears into the bottom of the four glasses. Top with a layer of yogurt and a gingernut biscuit. Pour a small amount of reserved juice on top of the gingernut biscuit.
Repeat the layers, of pear yogurt and gingernut biscuit, finishing with a layer of yogurt on the top.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours but overnight is even better.
Before serving top the yogurt parfaits with either: gingernut cookies, cookie crumbs, crystallised ginger slices of fresh pear.

Notes

The only real secret is to make sure you make them in advance so that the gingernuts have time to soften. You can make these pear parfaits up to 48 hours in advance.

If you don't want to make individual parfaits in glasses, you can make this dessert in a large bowl and serve it like you would a trifle.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

Plain yogurt: I love this dessert made with unsweetened yogurt, it is also delicious made with mascarpone.

Gingernut cookies: Any light ginger cookie such as a ginger snap or thin gingerbread cookies will also work.

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