Poached Pear Recipe
Cinnamon, spices, sugar simmered in red wine gives tender pears soaked in flavored syrup. Great with ice cream, whipped cream, or a glass of cold milk.
Ingredients
Poached Pear Syrup
- 4 pears (peeled, halved, cored)
- 3 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ bottle Cabernet Sauvignon red wine (choose one with fruity notes like raspberry)
- 1 medium naval orange (juice. Save 1/4 quarter of naval orange peel, or use 1 tablestpoon of orange zest)
- 1 medium lemon (juice only, option add 1 teaspoon of lemon zest)
Toppings
- 4-8 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped pistachios
- 2 tablespoons grated 70% dark chocolate
- ½ teaspoons pistachio oil (or to taste)
- ¼ teaspoons sea salt (or to taste)
Instructions
- Wash pears, orange, lemon.
- Cut pears into halves longways and remove core.
- Place pears in medium saucepan.
- Put all ingredients in (star anise, cinnamon, sugar, vanilla extract, wine, naval orange, orange peel, lemon juice).
- Bring to boil, let boil for 2-3 min. Once the sugar dissolves, reduce to medium-low heat and let simmer, uncovered, turning pears occasionally until you can easily pierce them with the tip of a knife (approx. 25 min).
- Remove orange skin and spices. Reduce heat and simmer, about 2/3rds until syrupy (approx. 15 min).
- Pour syrup over pears. Serve alongside with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, topped in this order: pistachio oil, sea salt, chopped pistachios and grated dark chocolate.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 half pear in syrup | Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 0.2mg | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 247mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 74IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg