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Poached Bosc Pears

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Category: Desserts

 Ingredients List

  • 1 1/4 c Packed brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 c Dry red wine
  • 1 1/2 c Water
  • 3 Whole cloves
  • 1 Stick cinnamon
  • 6 Ripe USA Bosc pears; peeled
  • -and cored

 Directions

Dissolve sugar into wine and water. Add cloves and cinnamon stick. Pears
may be poached whole, or cut in half and poached. Add pears to wine mixture
and heat until just simmering*. Lower heat and poach gently for 20 to 25
minutes. Remove from heat and allow to stand in poaching liquid overnight.
Gently remove them from the poaching liquid and drain briefly on paper
towels.

Serve with Creme Anglaise, whipped cream, or a reduction of the poaching
liquid. Garnish with fresh mint. To reduce poaching liquid, boil until
liquid is reduced by 2/3, or becomes a light syrup.

* You may poach 2 or 3 pears at a time, removing when poached, adding rest
of pears or halves.

Quantity: Serves 6 if using whole pears; serves 12 if using pear halves.
This will depend on the size of pears you select.

Always be sure to use ripe pears.

Per serving: 1540 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat; (3% calories from fat); 2g
Protein; 295g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 545mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 1
Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat;
18 Other Carbohydrates

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