Sweet Cyndee's Poached Pears

Submitted by Potagekempcc

"Bosc Pears absorb flavor from the wine as they are slowly poached. The sauce enhances a rich flavor to the pears."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 bosc pears (Peeled & Cored)
• 750 ml sweet dessert wine (*Sweet Cyndee's Wine)
• 1⁄4 cup fine sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 whole cloves
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons arrowroot

directions

1. Place the pears into a bowl of lemon water.
2. Combine wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, whole cloves, bay leaves into a shallow braising pan and stir well.
3. Bring poaching liquid to a full boil. Reduce to a very slow simmer. Add pears, orange zest and lemon zest. Cover pan with bakers paper.
4. Poach pears for 25-30 minutes or until the pears are tender.
5. Remove pears from the wine with a slotted spoon and keep warm until service.
6. WINE SAUCE.
7. Reduce wine by half.
8. Wisk together arrowroot and 1-tablespoon cold water in a small bowl. Wisk arrowroot into wine reduction and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until sauce thickens. Remove bay leaves and discard.
9. Strain warm wine sauce with a chinoise or fine sieve and hold warm for service.

10. Service:

11. Drizzle warm Wine Sauce over bottom of the plates. Place a warm pear on the plate and fan. Drizzle warm sauce over pear, garnish and serve.
12. Garnish with Fresh Blackberries and Fresh Mint Sprigs.
13. *The Wine is fron the Antelope Valley Winery, Palmdale, Calif.