Cinnamon poached pears with chocolate sauce

Name: Cinnamon poached pears with chocolate sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 250 g caster sugar; 2 cinnamon sticks finely grated; zest and juice of ½ lemon; 500 ml white wine; 250 g water; 150 ml water; 4 medium ripe pears (Conference are best), peeled; 50 g cocoa powder; 150 g caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

These pears taste even better it they’re poached the day before. Instead of cinnamon, try using different spices like star anise, cloves and vanilla.

Ingredients

For the poached pears

250 g caster sugar
500 ml white wine
250 <

Dessert
Gluten-free
Simple
Vegan

Method

To make a poaching liquid, place the sugar, wine, water, cinnamon sticks, lemon zest and lemon juice in a medium pan. Preferably using a melon-baller, ful