Best Asian Pears With Vanilla Poached Kumquats Recipes

POACHED ASIAN PEAR DESSERT RECIPE

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This elegant Asian pear recipe takes mere minutes to prepare. It does most of the work itself while it sits. For dessert, serve by itself, over ice cream, or topped with whipped cream. For breakfast, it's great over yogurt with or without granola, or over oatmeal.

Provided by Carolyn Gratzer Cope

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 medium Asian pears (about 1 pound/454 grams total)
2 cups (475 ml) water
1 cup (200 grams) sugar
1/2 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, seeds scraped out
3 thin slices ginger (about 1/2 ounce/14 grams total)
Zest of 1 lemon, peeled into strips with a vegetable peeler

Steps:

Remove cores from pears and slice them 1/4-inch thick.
In a medium pot, combine the water, sugar, vanilla seeds and pod, ginger, and lemon zest.
Bring to a brisk simmer and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add pear slices, stir to submerge in liquid, and simmer for three minutes.
Remove from heat and leave to cool completely.
To serve, divide pear slices among four serving bowls and spoon a bit of the poaching syrup overtop. Serve alone, atop yogurt or ice cream, or topped with whipped cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 70 calories, Carbohydrate 16 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 0 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 0 grams fat, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, SaturatedFat 0 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 13 grams sodium, Sugar 6 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams unsaturated fat

ASIAN PEARS WITH VANILLA-POACHED KUMQUATS

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Categories Fruit Dessert Poach Quick & Easy Fall Vegan Asian Pear Kumquat Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1/2 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 lb kumquats (20), ends trimmed, sliced crosswise 1/3 inch thick, and seeded
3 lb Asian pear (4 large), peeled, cored, and sliced lengthwise 1/4 inch thick

Steps:

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into water with lime juice in a small heavy saucepan, then add pod, sugar, and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then simmer 3 minutes. Add kumquats and simmer, covered, until they just begin to soften, 3 to 4 minutes.
Put pears in a heatproof bowl. Pour kumquats and syrup over pears and toss gently, then cool.
Chill fruit, covered, at least 2 hours.

POACHED PEARS WITH ASIAN SPICES

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Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories brunch, easy, dessert

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups sugar
3 star anise
5 slices ginger
2 cloves
1 3-inch cinnamon stick
4 pears

Steps:

Combine sugar and spices with 5 cups water in a medium saucepan (large enough to accommodate the pears upright), and turn heat to high. Peel pears, leaving stems on, then core them.
Lower pears into the water, and adjust heat to gentle simmer. Cook pears, turning them every 5 minutes or so, until they meet little resistance when prodded with a thin-bladed knife, usually 10 to 20 minutes. Turn off heat, and cool pears in liquid.
Place pears on serving plates. (At this point they can also be covered and refrigerated up to a day; they should be brought to room temperature before serving.) Reduce the poaching liquid to about a cup (it can also be stored for a day), then spoon a little over each pear before serving.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 657, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 168 grams, Fat 1 gram, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 2 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 13 milligrams, Sugar 144 grams, TransFat 0 grams

TEA POACHED ASIAN PEARS

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Chef Picher Ong's dessert from O Magazine. "Asian pears simmered in wine-spiked, cinnamon-infused black tea". Very simple to do.

Provided by mary winecoff

Categories Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 cups dry white wine
1 1/2 inches piece fresh ginger, cut in half crosswise
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tablespoon allspice berry
2 tablespoons black tea leaves, loose
4 slices orange zest, about 4 inches long
4 large Asian pears, peeled and halved

Steps:

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. In a large oven-safe saucepan, bring sugar and 3 cups water to a boil over medium heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add wine, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, tea leaves, and orange zest; bring to a boil again. Add pears, remove from heat, and cover; transfer to oven.
Bake pears 1 1/2 hours, turning every half hour until tender but still crisp.
Remove from oven; let stand until cool enough to handle. Serve warm in cooking liquid.