POACHED PEARS WITH SPICED CARAMEL
For this dish, you skin pears, then poach them in a spiced sugar syrup until they're spoon tender. Once they're cool, serve them drizzled with a fragrant caramel.
Provided by The Hungry Mouse
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Make the sugar poaching syrup: Put the water and sugar in a large pot. Be sure to use a pot large enough to accommodate the syrup AND the pears. Squeeze in the lemon juice, then toss in the lemon halves. Whack your oranges into quarters. Take your cloves, and push them into the orange rind, just like little thumb tacks. Toss the clove-studded oranges into the pot. Add the star anise, black peppercorns, and fennel seed.
- Give it all a stir to start the sugar dissolving. Set the pot aside while you deal with the pears.
- Peel the pears. Next, whack off the bottom of the pear to give it a nice, flat base. Set him down on the counter to be sure he's level, and shave off a little more if you need to. You want him to stand up nice and straight. Leave the stem on for presentation.
- Once you've peeled and bottomed your little friend, drop him into the pot of sugar syrup. Repeat with the rest of the pears.
- Set the pot on the stove over high heat. Bring it up to a boil. Once your pot reaches a boil, knock the heat down a little so that the liquid holds a good simmer.
- Simmer the pears for about 15-30 minutes, or until the pears are cooked through. Your cooking time will depend on how big and firm your pears are. (The bigger/firmer they are, the longer they'll take.)
- To check for doneness, fish one of the pears out of the pot with a large spoon. Poke him with a thin, sharp knife. You want the knife to go in easily, right to the center, just like if you were boiling a potato. If it's still firm in the middle, drop him back in the pot and simmer him a while longer.
- Be sure your pears are tender to the center. You want them soft enough that they can be scooped away at with a spoon.
- When the pears are cooked through, transfer them, along with all the cooking liquid, into a large bowl.
- Set the bowl on the counter to cool to room temp, then refrigerate until chilled and ready to serve.
- Make the spiced caramel: Put the brown sugar and white sugar in a medium-sized, heavy bottomed pot. Measure out your spices and put them all in a bowl, so you're ready when you need to dump them into the pot. Also measure out the cream. Set both aside.
- Set the pot on the stove over medium heat.
- Let the sugar start to dissolve undisturbed.
- When it's mostly melted, give it a good stir with a fork.
- Keep the pot on medium heat. Pour in the cream. It will bubble up dramatically, then subside.
- Give the pot a quick stir with a whisk, then drop in the spices.
- Whisk to incorporate. If the sugar gloms up on you, don't fret. Keep whisking. The heat will dissolve it in a minute or two and you'll be OK.
- Simmer the sauce, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until it's reduced by about half. (You want to wind up with about 1 cup of sauce.)
- When it's done, pour it into a small bowl or measuring cup through a seive. Discard the solids. Let the sauce cool until it's warm.
- When you're all set to serve dessert, yank the bowl of pears out of the fridge. Fish out one pear with a spoon. Pat him dry with a paper towel. Set him in the middle of a plate. (You see now why that flat bottom was so important.) Drizzle with caramel sauce.
- Repeat with the rest of the pears. Serve, inhale, enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Servingsize 4 serving, Calories 109 kcal
POACHED PEARS WITH SPICED CARAMEL SAUCE
Categories Dairy Nut Dessert Poach Orange Pear Winter Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Poach pears:
- Remove zest of oranges in strips with a vegetable peeler and cut away any white pith from strips. Squeeze juice from oranges and lemon into a 6-quart pot and add lemon halves, water, granulated sugar, and zest. Peel pears, leaving stems attached, and add to pot.
- Simmer pears 15 to 25 minutes, or until just tender, and cool in liquid. (Poached pears will continue to cook a bit as they cool.)
- Make caramel:
- Put granulated sugar in a 2-quart heavy saucepan and crumble brown sugar over. Melt sugars, undisturbed, over moderate heat until granulated sugar is mostly melted. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until a deep golden caramel. Carefully pour in cream (mixture will bubble up and caramel will harden slightly) and stir in clove, cardamom pods, fennel, peppercorns, and cinnamon sticks. Simmer, stirring, until caramel is dissolved and sauce is reduced to about 1‚ cups, about 10 minutes. Pour sauce through a sieve into a 2-cup measure and cool to just warm.
- Assemble dessert:
- Drain pears and pat dry, then transfer to plates. Serve drizzled with sauce and sprinkled with chopped nuts.
EASY POACHED PEARS
Bosc pears, available through April, become tender yet hold their shape well when poached. A spice-infused syrup gives them a pie-like flavor.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, combine lemon zest, cinnamon stick, allspice, ground pepper, apple cider, and water.
- Add pears. Cover with waxed paper to prevent discoloring. Bring to a simmer. Cook, turning pears occasionally, until easily pierced with the tip of a paring knife, but not falling apart, about 20 minutes. Remove pears from liquid; transfer to large bowl.
- Raise heat to high; boil cider mixture until reduced to a syrup, about 15 minutes. Discard cinnamon. Pour syrup over pears; refrigerate. To serve, slice off a sliver from the bottom of each pear (so it stands upright). Serve pears with lemon sorbet, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 128 g, Fat 1 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 1 g
QUICK & EASY CARAMELIZED PEARS
Seasonal fruit is the perfect starting point for a memorable meal-ender.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high. Add pears, one cut side down, and cook until browned, then reduce heat to medium and cook 3 minutes. Turn pears to other cut side and cook 4 minutes. Add sugar and 1 tablespoon water, swirling pan to combine. Turn pears skin side down and cook until sauce is thickened slightly, 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla and pinch of salt. Serve warm with ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135 g, Fat 6 g, Fiber 3 g, SaturatedFat 4 g
CARDAMOM PEARS OVER SPICED YOGURT
Steps:
- Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Halve and core the pears and place them cut-side down on paper towels until ready to use.
- Mix the brown sugar, ginger, cardamom, cloves and salt in a small bowl. Turn the pears cut-side up and sprinkle them each with a teaspoon of the mixture.
- Brush the grill pan with the coconut oil and place the pears cut-side down on the grates. Cook until grill marks appear, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the pears to a plate. Mix the remaining spice mix into the yogurt. To serve, add about 1/2 cup yogurt to a bowl or plate, then add 2 pears halves and sprinkle with a couple small mint leaves. Serve immediately.
SPICED POACHED PEARS IN CHOCOLATE SAUCE
You won't need an excuse to indulge in this updated classic, but if you do, remember that fruit contributes to your 5-a-day!
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Dinner, Treat
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a pan big enough to hold the pears snugly, tip in all the ingredients except the pears. Half fill the pan with water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 mins to infuse, drop in pears, cover and gently poach for about 30 mins until soft. Turn off the heat and set aside. The pears can be poached up to 2 days ahead and kept in the poaching syrup in the fridge.
- To make the chocolate sauce, tip the chocolate into a heatproof bowl. Bring the cream, milk and cinnamon to the boil and pour over the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate has melted. To serve, drain the pears and, holding them by the stem, dip them in the chocolate sauce to completely cover. Serve each pear with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 642 calories, Fat 41 grams fat, SaturatedFat 22 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 66 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 58 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.06 milligram of sodium
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