Poached Pears (Poires Pochees) recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups water 2 tablespoons lemon juice 4 pears 2 cups red wine 2 cups white sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 star anise
Nutrition Info
- 589.9 caloriescarbohydrate: 130 gcholesterol: : -fat: 0.2 gfiber: 5.5 gprotein: 0.8 gsaturatedFat: : -servingSize: -sodium: 10.2 mgsugar: 117.2 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Poached Pears (Poires Pochees)
Directions
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Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add lemon juice and pears and let sit for 2 minutes. Remove pears from the hot water 1 at a time and carefully peel, leaving stem intact.
Combine wine, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and star anise in a medium-sized saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Rinse pears and add to the boiling wine mixture. Use a plate on top of pears to keep them submerged. Simmer until a knife very easily pierces the pears, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and allow pears to cool in the wine mixture.
Serve pears in a bowl, either whole or sliced and cored.