Free Recipe Poached Pears and Cherries in Port

Recipe Type: F Recipes

Recipe Preparation: cook

Cooking Ingredients for Poached Pears and Cherries in Port Recipe

6 Ripe pears
-Bartlett or Comice
1/2 c Water
1/4 c Brown sugar
1 Cinnamon stick
1 Star anise (opt)
1/4 c Dried cherries
-(substitute raisins
-or currants if unavailable)
1 c Port wine

Poached Pears and Cherries in Port Preparation

1. Rinse the pears; peel them and leave them whole with the stems intact. 2. In a heavy nonreactive saucepan, combine the water, brown sugar, cinnamon, star anise, cherries, and wine. Add the pears. Simmer until the pears are cooked through but still firm, 15-20 minutes. 3. Remove the pears and reduce the liquid to a thick, syrupy glaze, about 15 minutes. Spoon the glaze and the cherries over the pears. Taste best serve at room temperature. Make them early in the day and leave covered until ready to serve. Can be refrigerated for 3 days. Return to room temperature before serving. The Occasional Vegetarian by Karen Lee ISBN 0-446-51792-5 pg 261 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by [email protected] on Oct 26, 1998

Cooking Temperature:

Recipe Serves: 6

How Do You Cook Poached Pears and Cherries in Port?

If you know a better Poached Pears and Cherries in Port Recipe please comment below.