Poached Pears Recipe

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Poached Pears
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Ingredients:

  • 1 (750 ml) bottle red wine
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 8 large bosc pears , although any pear will do

Directions:

  1. In a saucepan, combine the wine, lemon juice, the vanilla bean, sugar and about 2 cups of water. Cover and cook until the sugar has dissolved.
  2. In another pan, blanch the pears for a couple of minutes, and then drop into cold water. Peel the skins gently with a small paring knife, leaving the stems. Set the pears upright in wine syrup and simmer until they are just tender. Remove them from the pot carefully so they don't bruise. Place them in a pyrex dish and refrigerate.
  3. Then turn the heat up and boil the syrup until it is reduced by half. Let it cool to room temperature and spoon it over the pears, basting often. The syrup will deepen the color of the pears. In spring, you may want them to remain a lighter red. At Christmas, I leave the pears in the syrup for a longer period of time, until they become almost burgundy in color.
  4. Remove the pears from the refrigerator about 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with Somebody's Mother's White Chocolate Whipped Cream (see Somebody's Mother's Chocolate and Raspberry Trifle for recipe).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 379.47 Kcal (1589 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 1.2mg 0%
Potassium 21.23mg 0%
Total Carbs 96.31g 32%
Sugars 44.54g 178%
Dietary Fiber 8.44g 34%
Protein 2.15g 4%
Vitamin C 19.7mg 33%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 44.2mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 96.86 Kcal (406 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 0.31mg 0%
Potassium 5.42mg 0%
Total Carbs 24.59g 32%
Sugars 11.37g 178%
Dietary Fiber 2.15g 34%
Protein 0.55g 4%
Vitamin C 5mg 33%
Calcium 11.3mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.8
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

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