Poached Pears in Wine

Name: Poached Pears in Wine
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 pears; 3 ¼ cups red wine; 1 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar

5 mins prepServes 4

A perfect French dessert make out of pears poached in sweet red wine and sugar.

4 servings

What you need

4 dried pears, all the same size

3 ¼ cup red wine, Beaujolais wine

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp vanilla sugar

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Instructions


0 Peel the pears leaving the stem and cutting off the base so they will stand up.
1 In a non-reactive pan bring the wine, sugar and vanilla to a boil.
2 Immerse the pears into the wine and bring to a small boil, cover and continue cooking for 35 to 40 minutes or until the pears look translucent. The pears have to be tender when poked with a toothpick.
3 Remove from the heat and let I cool off in the syrup.
4 Once you are able to handle, delicately remove the pears and reduce the wine to a thicker syrup if need be by bringing it to a boil for a couple of minutes
5 Place the pears in a dish or bowl and spoon the wine syrup over it.

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