Poached Pears with Walnut Cream

Name: Poached Pears with Walnut Cream
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: ¾ cup heavy (whipping) cream; ½ teaspoon hazelnut liqueur, such as Frangelico; 1 teaspoon chopped orange zest; 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; Pinch salt; 2 ounces mascarpone; 2 ounces toasted walnuts; One ½-inch piece orange peel; ½ cup water; One 2-inch piece cinnamon stick; One ½-inch piece lemon peel; 6 ripe but firm pears, peeled and halved; 1 cup Simple Syrup; 2½ cups good quality Sauternes

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

The secret to poaching pears is slow, careful cooking and a good-quality Sauternes like Chateau Liot or a California equivalent.

Ingredients

The pears

6 ripe but firm pears, peeled and halved
2½ cups good quality Sauternes
1 cup</

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

To make the pears

Carefully scoop out the cores of the pears with a melon bailer or a small spoon.

Put the Sauternes, simple syrup, water, orange and lemon peel, cinnamon stick, salt, and lemon juice in a medium-sized nonaluminum pot. Bring the liquid to a boil.

Reduce the heat so that the liquid is simmering and add the pear halves. Cover t