Poached Pears with Ice Cream

Prep: 10min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 15min
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Poached pears with ice cream is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the core fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 4 large ripe pears
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 0.125 l white wine
  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 star anise
  • 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash, peel, halve the pears and remove the core. Dissolve the sugar in a little water and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat. Add the wine and pears, cover and steam for 15 minutes until the pears are tender; carefully lift them out, let cool slightly, and arrange on plates.

  2. 2.

    Melt the chocolate in a double boiler, stir in half a teaspoon of cinnamon, and drizzle over the poached pears. Place one scoop of vanilla ice cream beside each pear, dust with the remaining cinnamon, and garnish with a star anise.