Poached pears are an easy healthy dessert you can never feel guilty about. This recipe is so simple because it gets all the flavor from Morad Pomegranate Wine and a little cinnamon, that’s it!! I love the flavor combos and so will you.
Pomegranate Poached Pears
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 4 ripe firm Bosc pears
- 2 1/2 cups Morad Pomegranate Wine
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- Peel pears, leaving them whole and stems intact. Slice off the bases so the pears will stand upright. Use an apple corer to remove cores, if desired, working from the base up.
- Place the pears on their sides in a large saucepan or small Dutch oven. Pour pomegranate wine over the pears add the cinnamon stick. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer gently until the pears are tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 30 to 45 minutes. Turn very gently once or twice as they cook so they color evenly. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the pears to a shallow bowl and set aside.
- Boil the poaching liquid over high heat until the sauce is reduced to 1/2 cup, 15 to 20 minutes.
- To serve, spoon 1 tablespoon sauce onto each of 4 dessert plates. Place a pear upright on each plate. Drizzle remaining sauce over each pear and sprinkle pomegranate seeds around it.
- Get your bottle of Morad Pomegranate wine now!!
I didn’t have any pomegranate wine so I used half a cup of red wine and two cups of pomegranate juice. The pears came and really sweet and yummy! The extra boiling wasn’t necessary because the juice became syrupy enough just by poaching the pears.
Don’t have pomegranate wine, but I used the last of a merlot and a bit of pomegranite juice I had and it was terrific.
The above link is local to NYC. It is not so easy to find this wine elsewhere in the US. My local liquor store could not seem to find it among their suppliers. However, apricot brandy made a yummy substitute, although it was quite strong.
It is really best to use the Morad Pom Wine – you can find it at many wine stores or you can ask them to order it for you, or you can order online here: http://bit.ly/YAZvQK
Where does one find the pomegranate wine—-or is there a substitute?
These pears are tasty and beautiful. I sliced them down the middle, from stem to flower. Made them easier to submerge in the wine, easier to core. For the same 4pears, I have 6-8 servings.
It goes in the poaching liquid.
When/how do we use the cin stick??