Port-Poached Pears
Prep Time:
10 Minutes
Cook Time:
30 Minutes
Yield
4 Servings
Ingredients
4 Pears
1 bottle ruby port wine
1 Star Anise pod
½ cup sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
4 cloves
½ tsp nutmeg
1 vanilla pod, cut lengthwise and scraped
½ tbsp orange zest
½ tbsp. lemon zest
Fresh ground black pepper
½ tsp salt
Preparation
Peel and core pears, leaving stem intact.
Combine poaching ingredients and bring to a boil.
Add pears and reduce to a simmer for 30 minutes, turning often.
Remove pears and bring the liquid to a boil and reduce until syrup-like.
Serving Suggestions
Mascarpone Ice Cream
Served sliced and chilled on a bed of mixed greens with sliced steak or grilled chicken, candied walnuts, crumbled blue cheese. Make a vinaigrette with the reduced poaching liquid and adding olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper, Dijon mustard to taste.
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