Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears

Show: Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger Episode: Spice Route

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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 3 hr 0 min
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 3 hr 50 min

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Ingredients

2 cups dry red wine, such as cabernet or merlot
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1 orange, juiced (about 1/2 cup)
1 (1 by 3-inch) strip orange zest
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
4 firm, ripe pears

Directions

In a 4-quart saucepan, combine wine, sugar, orange juice, zest, cinnamon stick and cloves. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. While liquid is simmering, peel pears, leaving stem intact and being careful not to blemish the flesh of the pears. Slice 1/2-inch off the bottom of the pears to create a flat bottom. Gently place pears in poaching liquid, cover, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, turning every 5 minutes to ensure even color, until pears are cooked but still firm. Remove saucepan from flame, uncover and cool with pears upright in pan. Once cool, cover and chill in refrigerator at least 3 hours or up to 24 hours, turning occasionally, if desired. Gently remove pears from liquid and allow to come to room temperature. Meanwhile, reduce liquid by about half over a medium-high flame for 15 minutes, until liquid is thicker and slightly syrupy. Remove from flame and let liquid come to room temperature. Drizzle each pear with 2 tablespoons syrup and serve.

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recipe Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears
Peggy Shawnee, KS 11-23-2009
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Wonderful Flavor!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made this for a wine tasting party the other night. Since there would be plenty of food and a alot of people, I quareterd... the pears and addjusted the cooking time to 12 to 15 minutes. I used Bosc pears. Everyone loved them! Plan to make them for serveral occasions for the Holidays!Read more
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Ona New York, NY 03-20-2009
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Ellie's Poached Pears are DELICIOUS
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made thses pears to use up 6 pears that were going to go bad before I could eat them individually. The recipe was each and... incredibly delicious. It served the purpose of saving the pears I couldn't eat quickly and being preserved. My husband, who never eats fruit, begged for more. Let's have more healthy and delicious recipies from Ellie! Ona BurnsRead more
recipe Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears
Mandy Centennial, CO 12-25-2008
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Used this recipe for Christmas gifts
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Instead of poaching whole pears, I peeled, cored and sliced four pears and six apples lengthwise (so the pieces were still... recognizable as pears and apples) before poaching. The slices fit more easily into jars than whole fruits. Double the amount of all other ingredients. This produces enough fruit to fill three wide mouthed one-quart canning jars. Poach the apples and pears separately since the apples will take longer to soften. Reduce the poaching liquid as directed, let cool and then pour over the jarred fruit. As with all food gifts I give these days, I enclosed a complete list of ingredients. There seem to be so many people suffering from food allergies that it's best to be on the safe side. Read more
recipe Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears
Laura Pittsford, NY 11-16-2008
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Amazing
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I just loved this recipe. I had a abundance of pears and now clue what to do with them. This was the best. I did not have... merlot so I used Cianti wine. I also added some nutmeg to the poaching liquid. I am serving these for Thanksgiving . They look beauiful on a plate and so eazy.Read more
recipe Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears
Dr. Lynne Redlands, CA 05-31-2008
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Elegant Dessert and Amazing Flavor
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Talk about "comfort food!" What a great dessert! Lght and rich at the same time, more flavor than you can... imagine...decadant... a dessert you never want to end. I put a scoop of Vanilla Bean ice cream in a dessert bowl, made a "well" in the middle, put the spiced pear in the "well" and drizzeled the slightly warm sauce over it all. I will keep this as one of my standard desserts....forever! Great for any season.Read more
recipe Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears
samantha cincinnati, OH 02-23-2008
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Excellent
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Will make again. Was easy and delicious. I didn't have time to let them peaches sit for 3 hours (only an hour and a half)... so they weren't as pretty as the ones in the picture, but they tasted good.Read more