French Orange Poached Pears (Poire Avec Orange)
French Orange Poached Pears (Poire Avec Orange) requires roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes from start to finish. This side dish has 503 calories, 5g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. This gluten free and vegan recipe serves 3. If you have walnuts, pears, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.
Instructions
In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix together the orange juice, brown and white sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Place pears into the syrup, and cover; simmer pears for 1 hour and 15 minutes, spooning sauce over pears every 10 minutes, and turning pears over twice during cooking time.
Transfer pears to individual serving dishes. Continue cooking the syrup, stirring often, until thickened, about 15 more minutes, then mix in the walnuts.
Pour the sauce over the pears to serve.