Sometimes I just need a quick dessert-what's in the fruit bowl? A few slightly mushy Bosc pears. Ok, that will work! There is always a bottle of red wine around, so I think we have it made! So simple and yet so satisfying..........
Ingredients
5 ripe pears, such as Bosc
1 Bottle of Burgundy Wine-and a glass for the chef!
1/2 cup of sugar
5 whole cloves
Pour the wine, add the sugar and place the cloves in a pan deep enough to hold all the pears. Simmer the ingredients.
Add the peeled pears, including stems and simmer for thirty minutes, turning occassionally to get an even color throughout the pears. Cool in the wine mixture. Serve at room temperature. You can serve the pears with a few spoonfuls of wine mixture or drench them in a sweetened thick cream....... any way you serve them, this is a marvelous dessert.
Delicious -- and if you happen to have some creme anglaise around, so much the better!
ReplyDeleteLydia-you are correct-the creme anglaise would be the clincher! Why didn't I think of that.......
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! I love pears. Your presentation is lovely too!
ReplyDeletesimple and delicious, my kind of dessert :)
ReplyDeleteThe color on those pears is fantastic, yum!
ReplyDeleteAri (Baking and Books)
I love the red wine and cloves - lovely for a late winter evening!
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Your photo is beautiful. I love wine poached pears and the boscs are in our market now. Gotta get crackin' on dessert!
lovely! and i'm glad there was a glass left for the chef
ReplyDeleteDelicious! What a tempting photo! Makes me want to lick the screen!
ReplyDeleteA glass for the chef - now that's my kind of dessert!
ReplyDeleteI so often add cloves to recipes, I'm glad there a few out there that actually call for cloves.
Glorious photo!!!
Hrm....have to be careful with the cloves and moi!
ReplyDeleteSo simple and yet so good.
ReplyDeletePears in Red Wine is one of my favories, too. I wish I would think to make it... Maybe you'll inspire me!
I love poached pears in wine. There used to be the best restaurant in Arizona that made them....so good.
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