White wine pears with cinnamon cream

Name: White wine pears with cinnamon cream
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 50 g icing sugar; 2 cinnamon sticks; 4 cloves; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 150 ml double cream; 250 ml dry white wine; 100 ml water; 200 g caster sugar; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, chopped; 4 large pear-shaped pears

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

We’ve cooked them in red wine, so why not in white? This is a truly aromatic pudding and much lighter than its red wine cousin.

Ingredients

4 large pear-shaped pears
250 ml dry white wine
100 ml

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the wine, sugar and spices into a saucepan and heat gently until all the sugar has dissolved. Meanwhile, peel the pears whole and then slice a thin layer off the bottom so the pear will stand up once cooked. Using a small, sharp knife whittle the core out from the bottom.
Put the pears into the wine and put a lid on the pan. Bring to the boil and then turn