PORT POACHED PEARS

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RECIPE
Yields 6 pears

INGREDIENTS
3 cups (720 mL) of port
1 cup (200g) of sugar
¼ cup (35g) of mulling spices
½ cup (120mL) of orange juice
1/2 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
6 pears, peeled and cored
1 cup (225g) of mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
2 tbsp (42g) of Honey

DIRECTIONS
In a large saucepan combine the port, sugar, mulling spices, orange juice, and the vanilla bean and seeds. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Peel and core the pears, and thinly slicing the bottom so that it lays upright, making sure to leave the stem attached.

Add the pears and simmer until the pears are cooked through, about 15-20 minutes. Turn off the heat and let cool in the poaching liquid.

Before serving, remove the pears from their poaching liquid and reduce the liquid to a syrup. Strain the sauce through a sieve into a bowl.

Add a small pool of liquid on the plate and place the upright pear in the center. Combine the mascarpone and honey in a small bowl. Dollop a small amount of the mascarpone on each plate.

[cobaltcrazy]

Thank You so much!!!...My husband was so impressed! I did it just like yours but used Barefoot cab & replaced the sugar with Splenda. The sauce was amazing and I served it with bunny tracks vanilla w/chocolate chip ice cream(sugar free). Thank you for sharing this elegant but easy & affordable dessert. You made my day!!

[biggerbolderbaking]

Lovely Cassandre. I really light the idea of serving it with mascarpone and honey. It looks delicious.  

[jayltd.]

lots of sweetness in this Vid, happy new year

[iammandydhaliwal]

those look sooo delish!! Thank you for the recipe :)

[shaz]

this would be nice made the day before and left overnight in the fridge for it to sit in the juice and spices(more flavour) and nice with chocolate sauce

[kenharp]

What if you piped the Mascarpone cheese into the hollowed bottom of the pear, how does that sound to anybody? It would be sort of a surprise when you first cut into. Great vid, thanks.

[cobaltcrazy]

I am trying this tonite but I only have Cab not Port & I know there is a diff but I'm gonna do it anyway. I'll let you know how it goes!

[videesTV]

I really enjoyed watching this recipe but I was wondering, would it be good to have it as part of a main course such as pork belly or do you think it wouldn't go well with port wine?

[casewhite]

White wine works to and as a dude I feel weird saying that

[brettschneider]

I serve the pears on Goats Milk Ice Cream