Poached Pears

Name: Poached Pears
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 cinnamon stick; 1 lemon; 1 navel orange, quartered; 4 smalls ripe pears (any variety), peeled; 355 milliliters 1/2 bottle red wine; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split, or 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Poached Pears is a gluten free and vegan recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 352 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of sugar, lemon, navel orange, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, off the heat, combine the wine, the juice from the lemon and orange, 1 of the squeezed orange quarters, the sugar, vanilla, cinnamon stick, and cloves.

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Cinnamon Stick

Vanilla

Clove

Orange

Juice

Lemon

Sugar

Wine

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Sauce Pan

Add the pears and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, turning the pears occasionally, until they're easily pierced with the tip of a knife, about 25 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the pears to individual plates.

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Pear

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Slotted Spoon

Knife

Remove and discard the orange quarter and spices. Return the liquid to a simmer and cook until syrupy and reduced by two-thirds, about 15 minutes, depending on size of pan. Spoon the sauce over the pears.Tip Pears not quite ripe? Poaching in wine renders even firm fruit juicy and tender. For extra drama, serve this ruby red dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Vanilla Ice Cream