Poached Pears with Creamy Pecan Sauce

Name: Poached Pears with Creamy Pecan Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters heavy cream; 1 pinch Pinch kosher salt; 1 lemon; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 177 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 6 ripe but firm pears, such as Bosc or Anjou, peeled, halved lengthwise and cored; 237 milliliters toasted pecan halves; 118 milliliters water; 1 liters water, plus more as needed

Need a gluten free and vegetarian side dish? Poached Pears with Creamy Pecan Sauce could be a great recipe to try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 347 calories, 2g of protein, and 15g of fat each. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up heavy cream, kosher salt, brown sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

To poach the pears: In a large pot, combine the water and sugar over medium-high heat. Using a vegetable peeler, cut wide strips of lemon zest from the lemon and add to the pot along with the juice of the whole lemon. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Submerge pears in the simmering liquid, adding more water, if necessary, to just cover the pears.

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Lemon Zest

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Lemon

Pear

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Water

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Cut a piece of parchment paper into a circle just large enough to cover the pot. Ease the paper down into the pot until it is touching the surface of the liquid. Simmer the pears until a knife inserted directly into a pear meets little resistance, about 30 minutes.

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Pear

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Knife

Pot

Remove the pot from the heat and cool the pears completely in the poaching liquid.

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Pear

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Pot

To make the sauce: In a saucepan, over high heat, combine the brown sugar and water and bring it to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until the sauce is reduced, thicker and takes on a dark golden brown color, about 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully stir in cream, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until very thick, 2 to 3 minutes more. Stir in the toasted pecans and salt.

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Brown Sugar