Poached pears

A simple yet decadent and elegant dessert – these red wine poached pears enhance the natural sweetness of the fruit with delicious red wine and beautiful spices.

by Sara Buenfeld

Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

- 1 Vanilla Pod
- 1 bottle of Yellowtail red
- 225 g Caster sugar
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 1 Sprigs Fresh thyme
- 6 pears

Method

1

Halve the vanilla pod lengthways, scrape out the black seeds and put in a large saucepan with the wine, sugar, cinnamon and thyme.

2

Cut each piece of pod into three long thin strips, add to pan, then lower in the pears.

3

Poach the pears, covered, for 20-30 mins, making sure they are covered in the wine.

4

Take the pears from the pan, then boil the liquid to reduce it by half so that it’s syrupy.

5

Serve each pear with the cooled syrup, a strip of vanilla, a piece of cinnamon and a small thyme sprig.

Comments & Ratings

More Yellow tail wines recipes

	1	Vanilla Pod
	1	Bottle Of Yellowtail Red
	225 g	Caster Sugar
	1	Cinnamon Stick
	1 Sprigs	Fresh Thyme
	6	Pears

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