Poached Pears with Vanilla Sauce

Name: Poached Pears with Vanilla Sauce
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches); 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 4 egg yolks, lightly beaten; 119 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 2 Tbsps lemon juice, divided; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; 244 milliliters milk; 6 mediums firm pears, stems attached; 467 grams sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 liters water, divided

Poached Pears with Vanilla Sauce is a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian side dish. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 539 calories, 4g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe from Taste of Home requires vanillan extract, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon peel. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes. Poached Pears With Blackberry Honey Crème Fraiche, Poached Pears with Chocolate Ganache, and Scarlet Poached Pears are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

In a heavy 2-qt. saucepan, combine 1/3 cup sugar and cornstarch; gradually stir in milk and cream until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes.

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Corn Starch

Cream

Sugar

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat.

Gradually add a small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir over medium-low heat for 15 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly (do not boil). Stir in vanilla.

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Egg Yolk

Vanilla

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Frying Pan

Pour into a bowl; place a piece of waxed paper or plastic wrap on top of sauce. Cover and refrigerate.

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Sauce

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

In a large bowl, combine 6 cups water and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Carefully peel pears, leaving stems attached. Immediately plunge pears into lemon water. In a large saucepan, combine lemon peel, and the remaining sugar, water and lemon juice. Bring to a boil.

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Lemon Juice