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Recipes
Poached mulled wine pears
recipe
By
Lizzie Kamenetzy & Lucy Williams
Serving instructions
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Serves 6
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Takes 5 minutes to make, 60-70 minutes to cook, plus cooling
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Rating
This poached pear recipe makes the perfect light but decadent end to a meal
Ingredients
- 1 bottle (75cl) hearty red wine
- Pared zest and juice of 1 orange
- Pared zest of 1 lemon
- 4-5 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 125g caster sugar
- 6 ripe but firm pears, peeled with stalks intact
Method
- 1. Pour the wine and 600ml water into a pan. Add all the other ingredients, apart from the pears, put over a low heat, then stir until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 15 minutes.
- 2. Return the pan to the heat, then add the pears. Bring to a gentle simmer and submerge the pears in the liquid for 35-40 minutes, turning occasionally, until just cooked and ruby red. Remove to a bowl and set aside to cool.
- 3. Bring the poaching liquid back to the boil and reduce by half (to about 500ml) until slightly syrupy. Cool a little before pouring over the pears. Cool completely before serving.
Nutritional info
Per serving: 236kcals, 0.2g fat (no saturated), 0.7g protein, 37.5g carbs,(36.6g sugars), trace salt, 4.4g fibre