Name: Stoofperen met Rode Wijn (Red Wine-Poached Pears) recipe
Ingredients: 4 large firm pears - peeled, cored, and quartered;½ cup white sugar;peel of 1 orange;1 cinnamon stick;1 (750 milliliter) bottle red wine

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Ingredients

4 large firm pears - peeled, cored, and quartered ½ cup white sugar peel of 1 orange 1 cinnamon stick 1 (750 milliliter) bottle red wine

Nutrition Info

378.9 calories carbohydrate: 62.8 g cholesterol: : - fat: 0.3 g fiber: 6.9 g protein: 1 g saturatedFat: : - servingSize: - sodium: 9.7 mg sugar: 46.6 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Place pears in a saucepan. Add sugar, orange peel, and cinnamon stick. Pour in red wine to cover pears completely. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer gently until pears are soft and deep red in color, about 2 1/2 hours.
Transfer pears to a serving plate using a slotted spoon. Serve the pears warm or cold.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

A simple, but delicious recipe for poached pears in red wine. You only need a handful of ingredients. You can eat the pears as a dessert, warm or cold, but in the Netherlands we traditionally eat stewed pears as a side dish for Christmas. I prefer them cold.

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