Poached Pears With Gingerbread Cider Syrup
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 3 cups apple cider
- 2 tablespoons brandy (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 6 whole cloves
- 3 slices lemon peel
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 firm ripe bosc pears, cored from the bottom and peeled with stems intact
- ground cinnamon
directions
- Mix cider, brandy, sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, lemon peel, lemon juice, and ginger in deep 2-quart saucepan just large enough to hold the pears. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes. Add pears; cover and simmer about 15 minutes or until just tender when pierced.
- Remove pears from saucepan, reserving liquid. Stand pears upright in bowl; cool. Cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Meanwhile, bring reserved liquid to boil in same saucepan. Cook on medium-high heat about 15 minutes or until syrupy. Strain and cool. Cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- To serve, stand pears on individual dessert plates. Spoon some of the syrup over each pear. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon.
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