Delicious and so perfect; these poached pears in a red win
Course Dessert
Cuisine Dutch
Keyword pears
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Slowcooker 4 hourshrs
Total Time 4 hourshrs10 minutesmins
Servings 4people
Calories 359
Equipment
Slowcooker
Ingredients
1bottlefruity red wine
150grsugar
3tbsphoney
1cinnamon stick
2staranis
2kardemom podscrushed
1vanilla beansplit open
one strip of lemon peel
2cloves
2black peppercorns
1kilosmall pearsI used Gieser Wildeman pears
juice of 1 lemon
1tbspcorn starch
Instructions
Peel the pears, leave the stalk on. Cut a small slice of the bottom so they will remain standing. Put the pears through the lemon juice to prevents discoloration.
Pour the wine in the inside pan of your slowcooker, add sugar, honey, cinnamon, staranise, cardamom, vanillabean, lemonpeel, cloves and peppercorns. Put the lid on the slow cooker and turn on to high for about 30 minutes. Stir every now and then until the sugar is dissolved.
Put the pears into the pan and heat on high for about 2 to 4 hours depending on the size of your pears until they are done.
Take the pears out of the pan with a slotted spoon and put them in a bowl. Pour the wine into a saucepan and leave to cook on high heat for about 5 to 10 minutes to reduce down. Make the sauce thicker with a little cornstarch, diluted with a bit of water. Put the pears into the liquid and leave to cool
Notes
Of course you can also prepare this in a regular pan but it might be going much quicker in that case. Leave the fire as low as possible.