Poached Pears in Cherry Wine Sauce
10 minutes
Serves
4
Ingredients
- 4 Bosc, Anjou, or Asian pears, not quite ripe
- 3/4 cup cane sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 bottle Chukar® Columbia Valley Red Wine
- 3 ounces Chukar® Cherry Medley
Directions
- Peel the pears (leave stems intact). Place in medium saucepan in standing position.
- Add sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, cinnamon stick, and enough wine to cover the pears. Bring to a boil. Lower to simmer and cook for 20 minutes, partially covered. Remove pears from wine sauce and position upright in glass dish, cover, and chill until ready to serve.
- Meanwhile, add Chukar® Cherry Medley to wine in saucepan. Simmer until liquid is reduced by half and the consistency of a light syrup.
- To serve, place pears on dessert plates and spoon cherry wine sauce over the tops.
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