Name: Pears poached in red wine
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 cinnamon sticks; 425 g (13½ oz) sugar; fresh raspberries or redcurrants, to garnish; 1.5 litres heavy red wine; rind of 1 lemon; 2 tablespoons redcurrant jelly; 1 clove; 2 oranges; fresh mint leaves, to garnish; 1 vanilla pod; 4 pears; rind of 1 orange

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 35

Appears in

Winter

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

A light yet satisfying end to a meal, this colourful dessert can be dressed up even further by adding some prunes to poach with the pears in the spiced wine sauce.

Ingredients

1.5 litres heavy red wine
425 g (13½ oz) sugar

Method

In a flameproof casserole dish, bring the wine, 300 g (10 oz) of the sugar, the spices, lemon rind and orange rind to the boil.
Peel the pears, leaving the stems int

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