I always fancy this dessert from any food program on telly; wondering why it is one of the fave dessert from the contestants. I guess it because it's easy to make and you can make a lot of variation with the sauce. I want to try this recipe from BBC webpage; but I don't have orange and lemon :P
So i modified a little bit (errr.. actually a lot, i didn't use honey, lemon, orange, clove,and cinnamon); I found the sauce is too sweet for me. Well, I don't have sweet tooth so next time I will reduce the sugar on the recipe (I just wonder if it also depend on wine that i use?). So this recipe is simplify of the recipe in the link above:
Ingredients:
4 ripe Conference pears
400 ml white wine
200 ml water
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp vanilla extract
Preparation method
- Using a small, sharp knife, score a zigzag pattern in the skin around the top of each pear, working downwards from the stalk. Leaving the zigzag skin at the top in place, peel the rest of each pear very thinly so as to preserve their shape.
- Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan big enough to hold everything, including the pears. Set over a medium heat until the liquid comes to the boil, then reduce the heat so that it is barely simmering. The cooking time will vary according to the ripeness of the pears. Very ripe pears will only take 5 minutes, much less ripe fruit will need up to 15 minutes. As soon as they are ready, turn off the heat.
- Transfer the pears with their poaching syrup to a bowl and leave at room temperature until needed. Serve one or two pears on each plate with a little orange zest and some of the syrup.
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