Poached Pear Delight Recipes

VANILLA POACHED PEARS

Steps:

• Place the white wine, water, sugar and vanilla bean and pulp into a 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
• Core the pears from the bottom. Decrease the heat to medium low and place the pears into the liquid, cover and cook for 30 minutes or until the pears are tender but not falling apart. Maintain a gentle simmer. Remove the pears to a serving dish, standing them upright, and place in the refrigerator.
• Remove the vanilla bean from the saucepan, increase the heat to high and reduce the syrup to approximately 1 cup of liquid, approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Do not allow the syrup to turn brown. Place the syrup in a heatproof container and place in the refrigerator until cool, approximately 1 hour.
• Remove the pears from the refrigerator, spoon the sauce over the pears and serve.

POACHED PEAR DELIGHT

Steps:

• PEARS: Combine first 4 ingredients in medium saucepan; heat& stir over medium-high heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Add pears& bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, cover& cook for about 30 minutes, turning pears several times, until they are tender.
• Remove pears from poaching liquid to medium sized bowl.
• Remove& discard cinnamon stick from poaching liquid; boil liquid for about 10 minutes, without stirring, until slightly thickened.
• Pour over pears; cool, cover& chill overnight or for at least 8 hours, turning pears occasionally.
• ICE CREAM: Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper.
• Combine almonds, maple syrup& cinnamon in a small bowl and place on prepared baking sheet; cook in preheated 375F oven for about 10 minutes, stirring once, until almonds are golden.
• Cool& chop.
• Put ice cream, ginger& almond mixture into a separate medium bowl& mix well.
• Cover& freeze overnight or at least 8 hours until firm.
• ASSEMBLY: About 30 minutes before serving, remove pears& their liquid from the refrigerator.
• Just before serving, place pears into serving dishes, divide& drizzle poaching liquid over pears and place 2 scoops of ice cream beside each pear.

EASY POACHED PEARS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine lemon zest, cinnamon stick, allspice, ground pepper, apple cider, and water.
• Add pears. Cover with waxed paper to prevent discoloring. Bring to a simmer. Cook, turning pears occasionally, until easily pierced with the tip of a paring knife, but not falling apart, about 20 minutes. Remove pears from liquid; transfer to large bowl.
• Raise heat to high; boil cider mixture until reduced to a syrup, about 15 minutes. Discard cinnamon. Pour syrup over pears; refrigerate. To serve, slice off a sliver from the bottom of each pear (so it stands upright). Serve pears with lemon sorbet, if desired.

POACHED PINK PEAR DELIGHT

Steps:

• Peel the pears leaving stem attached.
• Into each pear stick 1 clove, place in deep pot.
• Add sugar, wine, water and food coloring to give desired color.
• Simmer very gently until pears are clear and syrup is thick, basting now and then.
• Chill.
• Serve cold as salad or dessert.