Pears in Red Wine

Name: Pears in Red Wine (Peras en Vino Tinto)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 1 × 5cm (2 inch) piece of cinnamon stick; Pared zest of ½ orange; 3 tablespoons clear honey; 3 tablespoons brown sugar; Pared zest of ½ lemon (use a potato peeler to do this); 6 medium pears — choose ones that aren’t too ripe; 150ml (¼ pint) water; 500ml (16fl oz) dry red wine

Peras en Vino Tinto

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on Spain

By Keith Floyd

Published 1992

About

Ingredients

6 medium pears — choose ones that aren’t too ripe
500ml (16fl oz) dry red wine

Europe
Spain
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Leave the stems on the pears and keep them whole. Now peel them.

Put all the remaining ingredients into a medium saucepan and heat gently to dissolve the sugar and honey. Pop the pears into the pan and simmer very gently with the lid on, spooning the liquid over the pears from time to time until they are tender — about 15 minutes.

Transfer the pears to a serving dish. Bubble the