Recipe courtesy of Peter Kump's New York Cooking School
Poached Pears
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 643
- Total Fat
- 0
- Saturated Fat
- 0
- Carbohydrates
- 144
- Dietary Fiber
- 6
- Sugar
- 132
- Protein
- 1
- Cholesterol
- 0
- Sodium
- 18
Ingredients
2 cups white wine
4 cups water
1 vanilla bean
1 tablespoon lemon juice, plus extra to prevent pears browning
4 pears, peeled and cored (Bosc, Bartlett)
2 1/4 cups sugar
Directions
- In a saucepan, combine wine, water, vanilla bean and lemon juice. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add pears to poaching liquid and poach for 8 minutes. Remove pears from poaching liquid and continue to reduce sauce by one-half to one-third. Plate pears and pour reduced sauce around each one.