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Pears in Perry

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Hix Oyster & Chop House

By Mark Hix

Published 2010

  • About

Poaching pears in their own alcohol, Perry, makes sense - I’m not sure why I didn’t think of it before Matthew Fort gave me the idea. You can serve the pears with clotted cream or ice cream, or with blackberries and blackberry rippled cream as I have here.

Ingredients

  • 4 firm pears
  • 500 ml Perry
  • 4 cloves

Method

Peel the pears, leaving the stalks intact, and cut a thin sliver off the base of each one so they will stand upright.

Put the Perry, cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns and caster sugar into a heavy-based saucepan and add the pears. Lay a piece of greaseproof paper over the fruit. Bring to a simmer and poach gently for about 45 minutes until the pears are soft and tender but still holding the

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