White Wine Pears
Prep: 15min
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Servings: 4
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Cook: 20min
A dessert recipe featuring fresh pears poached in dry white wine and flavored with vanilla, star anise, cinnamon, lemon juice, and sugar. Try this and more recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 100 g sugar
- 200 ml apple juice
- 400 ml dry white wine
- 1 lemon (juice)
- 1 Vanilla bean
- 1 star anise
- 0.5 cinnamon stick
- 4 pears
Instructions
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1.
Caramelize the sugar in a pot until lightly golden. Deglaze with the apple juice and white wine. Add the lemon juice, split vanilla bean, star anise, and cinnamon stick; bring to a boil.
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2.
Peel the pears, remove the core while leaving the stem intact, and place them in the simmering liquid. Bring to a boil again, then reduce heat and let simmer gently for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and allow to cool. Lift the pears from the liquid and serve.
