Orange Poached Pears

Name: Orange Poached Pears
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsp butter; 113 grams German sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 59 milliliters half-and-half cream; 118 milliliters orange juice; 1 teaspoons grated orange peel; 8 servings Orange peel strips, optional; 8 whole pears; 79 milliliters water

Orange Poached Pears is a side dish that serves 8. One serving contains 258 calories, 1g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. If you have brown sugar, butter, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: French Orange Poached Pears (Poire Avec Orange), Poached Orange Pears, and Orange-Spiced Poached Pears.

Instructions

With an apple corer or sharp knife, carefully remove core from bottom of pears to within 1 in. of stem, leaving pears whole with stem. Peel the pears.

Ingredients you will need

Apple

Pear

Equipment you will use

Apple Corer

Knife

In a Dutch oven, combine the orange juice, water, brown sugar, butter and orange peel. Bring to a boil; add pears. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until pears are tender, turning several times.

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Orange Juice

Brown Sugar

Orange Zest

Butter

Pear

Water

Equipment you will use

Dutch Oven

Remove pears and set aside. Simmer cooking juices, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until thickened to a syrup consistency.

Ingredients you will need

Pear

Syrup

For chocolate sauce, in a small heavy saucepan over low heat, heat the chocolate, cream and butter until chocolate is melted; stir until smooth. Spoon pear syrup into dessert dishes; place a pear in each dish and drizzle with chocolate sauce.

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Hot Fudge Sauce