Wine Poached Pears
Wine Poached Pears made with red wine or white wine, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, and star anise. Simple wine poached pears recipe for a fall dessert!
Servings 6 pears
Ingredients
- 6 Pears (Anjou or Bartlett) peeled
- 3-4 Cups Red Wine or White Wine Merlot, Shiraz, Pinot Noir - Pinot Grigio or Fruity White Wine
- ½ Cup (100 grams) Granulated Sugar
- ½ Cup Honey or Maple Syrup
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract or one scraped vanilla bean
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 3 Star Anise whole
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients(except pears) in a pot with lid and heat on stove. Stir and bring to a boil until sugar has dissolved.
- Turn heat down to simmer, add pears, place lid onto pot.
- Let simmer with lid on for 25 minutes, rotate pears a few times, and cook until tender
- Turn off heat, allow pears to soak up juice and cool for another 15 minutes.
- Gently remove pears from pot and place on serving dish
- Bring juices back up to a boil until reduced by half and thickened. (add more honey or maple syrup if desired)
- Transfer juice to pouring saucer, pour over pears.
- Serve with cream!!