Poached Pears

Name: Poached Pears
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients: 1 cup water 1/2 cup sweet white wine 1 tbsp brown sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1/2 cinnamon stick 3 pears 1 tsp arrowroot 1 shot of rum

Jenny Smith

Cook: 20min

Total: 20min

Yield: 3 servings

Dish: Dessert

Cuisine: Dessert

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/2 cup sweet white wine
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cinnamon stick
3 pears
1 tsp arrowroot
1 shot of rum

Method

Peel pears, cut in half lengthways and remove the core and seeds
To a pot add water, wine, brown sugar, vanilla essence, cinnamon
Bring wine mixture to the boil
Add pears flat surface down and poach in the boiling wine water for 20 minutes
Remove pears and place into a dessert bowl
Mix arrowroot into 1/2 cup cold water
Mix arrowroot, rum and left over wine water together to get a thick sauce
Pour over peaches and serve with vanilla ice cream, or brandy cream

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