POACHED PEARS (POIRES POCHEES)
Pears poached in red wine are an elegant dessert full of festive holiday spice flavor, including cinnamon, star anise, and vanilla extract. I like to serve this drizzled or drenched with creme anglaise sauce.
Provided by Inthelight717
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add lemon juice and pears and let sit for 2 minutes. Remove pears from the hot water 1 at a time and carefully peel, leaving stem intact.
- Combine wine, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and star anise in a medium-sized saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Rinse pears and add to the boiling wine mixture. Use a plate on top of pears to keep them submerged. Simmer until a knife very easily pierces the pears, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and allow pears to cool in the wine mixture.
- Serve pears in a bowl, either whole or sliced and cored.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 589.9 calories, Carbohydrate 130 g, Fat 0.2 g, Fiber 5.5 g, Protein 0.8 g, Sodium 10.2 mg, Sugar 117.2 g
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