Red Wine Pears

Name: Red Wine Pears
Total time: 1 min
Ingredients: 6 slightly underripe small pears; 1 (750-milliliter) bottle medium-bodied dry red wine, such as Côtes du Rhône; 1 1/4 cups/250 grams granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns; 4 whole cloves; 1 (2-inch-long) cinnamon stick; Crème fraîche or ice cream, for serving; 1/3 cup pomegranate seeds, for serving

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Total: 1 hours

Servings: 6

Cost: $5.05 /serving

Author : David Tanis

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Ingredients

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6 slightly underripe small pears1 (750-milliliter) bottle medium-bodied dry red wine, such as Côtes du Rhône1 1/4 cups 250 grams granulated sugar1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns4 whole cloves1 (2-inch-long) cinnamon stickCrème fraîche or ice cream, for serving1/3 cup pomegranate seeds, for serving

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Instructions

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Step 1

Using a sharp vegetable peeler, peel the pears top to bottom, leaving them whole, with stems attached and the core intact.

Step 2

Put the pears in a large, wide nonreactive pot (enameled or stainless steel) in one layer. Add the wine, sugar and spices. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a very gentle simmer, and cook for about 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted encounters no resistance. Remove from the heat and transfer the pears to a deep container, leaving the liquid in the pot.

Step 3

Heat the poaching liquid over high and boil down until it is reduced by half. (You should have about 2 1/2 cups syrup.) Pour syrup over pears, and refrigerate overnight if possible.

Step 4

To serve, put each pear in a soup plate and spoon over a little of the red wine syrup. Add a dollop of crème fraîche or a scoop of ice cream, and finish with a sprinkling of pomegranate seeds.