Caribou-Poached Pears and Ice Cream

Name: Caribou-Poached Pears and Ice Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 firm Bartlett or Anjou pears, peeled and cored; 4 sticks (1-inch) cinnamon , divided; 2 larges egg yolks; 59 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 4 juniper berries; 1 whole nutmeg; 3 Tbsps chopped pistachios; 296 milliliters fruity red wine; 79 milliliters white rum; 3 star anise; 118 milliliters sugar, divided; 296 milliliters whole milk

Caribou-Poached Pears and Ice Cream requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This gluten free and vegetarian recipe serves 8. This dessert has 240 calories, 3g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. This recipe from My Recipes requires star anise, rum, milk, and juniper berries. It will be a hit at your Summer event. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Poached Pears with Cardamom Cream, Poached Pears with Almond Cream, and Poached Pears with Orange Cream.

Instructions

Combine wine, juniper berries, anise, 2 cinnamon sticks, cloves, and nutmeg in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes; remove from heat.

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Cinnamon Stick

Juniper Berries

Clove

Nutmeg

Anise

Wine

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Sauce Pan

Let stand for 30 minutes. Strain mixture over a bowl, reserving liquid; discard solids. Stir in 1/3 cup white rum.

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White Rum

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Bowl

Combine rum mixture and 1/4 cup sugar in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.

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Sugar

Rum

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Sauce Pan

Place pears in pan; cook 1 hour or until pears are tender, turning occasionally.

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Pear

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Frying Pan

Remove pears; cool. Bring cooking liquid to a boil; cook 15 minutes or until mixture reduces to 1/4 cup.

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Pear

Combine milk, whipping cream, and remaining 2 cinnamon sticks in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil.

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Cinnamon Stick

Whipping Cream

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; discard cinnamon sticks.

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Cinnamon Stick

Combine 1/4 cup sugar and egg yolks in a large bowl. Gradually add half of hot milk mixture to yolk mixture, stirring constantly. Return mixture to pan; cook over low heat until mixture reaches 160, stirring constantly.

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Egg Yolk

Sugar

Milk

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Place pan in an ice-filled bowl; cool completely.

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Ice

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Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Carefully drain liquid from bucket; repack bucket with ice and salt. Cover with kitchen towels; ripen at least for 1 hour.

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Cream

Salt

Ice

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Kitchen Towels

Cut pears in half lengthwise. Slice each pear half, lengthwise, cutting to but not through stem end. Fan one pear half on each of 8 small plates, and drizzle pear halves evenly with reduced syrup.

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Pear

Syrup