The following excerpt is her recipe for red wine and honey-poached pears and plums. This is exactly the type of dessert I love—simple flavors, not in-your-face sweet, and full of complex ...
The fruits that have softened turn into a beautiful shade of red. The sauce is sweet and has a rich flavor. The holiday season is one of the best ways to showcase these poached pears in wine.
Poached pears in red wine are impressive to look at and eat. Not too sweet, cool, juicy and a very refreshing dessert. They are easy to make and a great way to use up that half bottle of wine you ...
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Trim the bottom off each pear, and place upright in a sauté pan. Add the red wine, sprinkle the sugar over the top of the pears, add the cinnamon, and bake for 45 ...
Serve with red wine poached pears and sweetened cream for an elegant dessert, or eat them simply dusted in cinnamon sugar. For the pears, carefully remove the core with the tip of a knife and ...
Next add the pears, the remaining red wine, then bring to a simmer and cover ... wine until dissolved then remove from heat. Chop the poached pears into even bite size chunks along with the ...