Super easy to make, elegant and delicious, these poached pears are a perfect light dessert.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Keyword: poached pears in wine
Servings: 4
Ingredients
4pears
1 1/2cupsred wine
1 cup water (or red wine if you prefer)
1/2cup (90-100 gr)unrefined cane sugar
1cinnamon stick
4cloves (optional)
1 tsp corn flour (optional)
Instructions
In a medium saucepan place wine, water, sugar and spices and bring to a boil.
Peel 4 medium pears, leaving the stalk intact and lower them into the pan.
Reduce the heat, and cook them gently, lid on, for about 15-20 minutes or until the pears are tender (not mushy, tender but still firm).
Then remove the pears with slotted spoon and set aside.
Bring part of the leftover poaching liquid to a rolling boil and let boil until syrupy. Feel free to thicken all the syrup if you like, but it might be too much liquid for 4 pears.
When the liquid is still cold, you might add a tsp of cornflour to make a nice sticky glaze. Note: cornflour will form lumps if added directly to hot liquid. To avoid this, blend one part cornflour with two parts cold liquid until smooth, then stir the mixture into the sauce that needs thickening. Keep stirring while the liquid comes to the boil, reduce the heat and keep stirring, and it will gradually thicken.
Serve cold or warm with the delicious sticky syrup.