Recipe by Dining In

Raspberry Poached Pears

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Easy Easy
6 Servings
Allergens

No Allergens specified

This stylish dish can be served as a dessert or as a very pretty appetizer.

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 4 cups water

  • 2 (12-oz.) packages frozen raspberries, thawed

  • 1 cinnamon stick

  • firm, ripe Bosc pears

Directions

Make the Pears

1.

Place sugar and four cups water into a wide pot. Simmer until sugar dissolves.

2.

Puree and strain raspberries. Add to syrup in pot. Add cinnamon stick. 

3.

Peel pears (keeping stem intact) and cut thin horizontal slice off the bottom so that they can stand straight. 

4.

Place pears in pot and simmer for one hour. Turn pears over once during cooking. Chill. 

5.

Serve in a stemmed dessert dish and garnish with a chocolate leaf. Or, serve on a flat plate with pear sliced in half, and a scoop of ice cream between the halves. Top with whipped cream.

Credit

Photography and Styling by Chavi Feldman

Raspberry Poached Pears

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