Poached Pears in Red Wine
Ingredients
750ml Red wine
2 cinnamon sticks
Zest of 1/2 Lemon
Pinch of ground cloves
2 tbsp Cointreau
8 Forelle pears, peeled leaving stalks
300g Sugar
Method
- Place the red wine in a large saucepan and bring to the boil.
- Reduce the heat and add the cinnamon sticks, lemon zest, ground cloves and Cointreau and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the pears and sugar.
- Partly cover and simmer over a very low heat for 1 hour until the pears are tender.
- Carefully remove the pears and place in a serving dish.
- Strain the remaining red wine mixture and return to the saucepan. Bring to the boil and cook briskly until it reduces and thickens into a syrup.
- Pour the red wine syrup over the pears. Serve warm or cold with Greek yoghurt or cream.
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