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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Pears Poached in White Wine

Earlier I posted a video of poaching pears in red wine. I love how the pears look with the deep red stain from the wine, but it's hard to get the pear uniformly colored. I decided to poach in white wine this time using 2 cups of sugar with 1 bottle of dry white wine. The flavor of the pears was somewhat thin due to the poaching process taking from the pear all those great flavors that make the poaching syrup so delicious. But if you serve the pears coated in a thickened syrup with vanilla ice cream, you get all the right flavors and textures in every bite. No video today, but I do have some photos.



Monday, September 3, 2007

Poached Pears



A classic dessert that can be served in a variety of ways. Easy, but impressive.

Ingredients:
1 bottle of red (or white) wine
12 peppercorns
1 t vanilla extract
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup sugar (optional, not in video, but recommended)
Juice of 1 lemon (not in video, use remaining juice from lemon used to rub pears)
9 - 12 small pears, forelle for instance
whipped cream, ice cream, melted chocolate or any accompaniment of your choice

Add first 4 ingredients to pot large enough to hold 9 - 12 pears
Bring to a boil.
Reduce to a simmer.
While poaching liquid is being brought to a boil, peel, cut bottom of pear so it sits flat and core each pear. Rub each pear with cut half of lemon. Take care not to break stem of pear. This helps with moving pears in and out of poaching liquid and has aesthetic appeal. Place pears in simmering liquid and poach covered until fork tender.