RED WINE POACHED PEARS WITH CHOCOLATE FILLING

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This red wine-poached pear with chocolate recipe is a perfect dessert option for the holidays, cold winter nights, or as a show-stopper to impress your friends. Just don't let them know how easy it is to make! Serve with a savory cream like mascarpone, crème fraiche, or Devonshire cream. Can be made ahead of time and refrigerated.

Provided by MSTRECKE

Categories     Desserts     Chocolate Dessert Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 pears, peeled, or more to taste
1 ½ cups red wine
1 cup water
⅔ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 star anise pod
1 (11 ounce) jar chocolate sauce (such as Fran's®)

Steps:

  • Cut bottom off each pear and core from the bottom to give each pear a flat bottom to stand upright.
  • Combine wine, water, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, and star anise in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and arrange pears on their sides in the saucepan. Simmer pears for 10 to 12 minutes. Turn pears and continue simmering until tender and easily poked with a fork, 8 to 10 minutes. Work in batches if needed.
  • Remove pears from wine mixture and place in a serving dish, standing upright. Continue boiling wine sauce until reduced to about 3/4 cup, 5 to 10 more minutes.
  • Fill each pear's core cavity with chocolate sauce. Pour wine sauce over each pear.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 399.9 calories, Carbohydrate 78.7 g, Cholesterol 0.5 mg, Fat 4.8 g, Fiber 6.2 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 182.7 mg, Sugar 54.2 g

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