Poached pears in red wine
- Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
750ml Red wine2 cinnamon stickszest of 1/2 lemonpinch of ground cloves2 tbsp Cointreau8 small, firm pears, peeled leaving stalks300g Sugar
Method
1. Place the red wine in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer.
2. Add the cinnamon sticks, lemon zest, ground cloves and Cointreau and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add the pears and sugar.
4. Partly cover and simmer over a very low heat for 1 hour until the pears are tender.
5. Carefully remove the pears with a slotted spoon and place in a heatproof serving dish.
6. Strain the remaining red wine mixture and return to the saucepan. Bring to the boil and cook briskly until it reduces and thickens into a syrup.
7. Pour the red wine syrup over the pears. Serve warm or cold.
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DRAGONLORD.
1. Place the red wine in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer.
2. Add the cinnamon sticks, lemon zest, ground cloves and Cointreau and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add the pears and sugar.
4. Partly cover and simmer over a very low heat for 1 hour until the pears are tender.
5. Carefully remove the pears with a slotted spoon and place in a heatproof serving dish.
6. Strain the remaining red wine mixture and return to the saucepan. Bring to the boil and cook briskly until it reduces and thickens into a syrup.
7. Pour the red wine syrup over the pears. Serve warm or cold.
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DRAGONLORD.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 597.5
- Total Fat: 1.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 8.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 121.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.7 g
- Protein: 1.4 g
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