Poached Pears
I came up with this last night, a variation on another recipe I had tried. It was excellent.
Ingredients
1 bottle Riesling
4 Pears (Bosc, etc)
1 Tbsp Vanilla
4 Strips of Orange Peel
2 Tbsp Sugar
Start by heating the reisling in a non-reactive pot with the sugar, vanilla and orange peel. While it’s heating peel your four pears and carefully insert into the Riesling once it simmers. Let it simmer for 20-30 minutes, checking the pears occassionally by inserting a knife into the thickest part to see if they are done. Don’t let them get mushy. When done remove from the pot and let cool. Now turn up the heat and cook down the remaining wine just until it turns into a syrup. It will turn extrememly fast so watch it otherwise it will burn. Set aside the remaining syrup for later.
To serve place a pear in a bowl and spoon over the syrup. Add ice cream to enhance.