Poached Pears with Cheese Cream on Salad
Poached pears with cheese cream on salad is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the core fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 200 ml apple juice
- 400 ml dry white wine
- 2 EL sugar
- 1 lemon (juice)
- 4 small pears
- 75 g blue‑veined cheese (e.g., Roquefort)
- 75 g quark
- 1 EL whipping cream
- Salt
- pepper (ground)
- 100 g fresh cranberries
- 1 EL maple syrup
- a handful baby salad mix
- 20 g walnut kernels
Instructions
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1.
Bring the juice, wine, sugar and 3 EL lemon juice to a boil. Peel the pears, optionally leaving the stem on. Halve them, remove the core and place in the liquid. Boil once, simmer about 2 minutes, then remove from heat and let steep for another ~10 minutes. Remove the pears, drain well and reserve the poaching liquid.
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2.
Crush the cheese with a fork and mix with quark and cream. Season with salt, pepper and a splash of lemon juice.
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3.
Wash the cranberries and gently simmer them in about 100 ml of the pear poaching liquid for ~10 minutes. Finish with maple syrup and remove from heat.
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4.
Wash the salad, shake dry and spread on plates. Slice walnuts into strips. Spoon about 1 EL cheese cream into each pear, place on the salad, sprinkle with walnuts, scatter some cranberries with sauce around, and serve.
