Poached Pears in White Wine

Pear half that is filled with vanilla yogurt and sprinkled with granola and drizzled with white wine.

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Poached Pears in White Wine

Pear cooked in white wine is a classic Italian fruit and wine dessert. The easy recipe with the cream filling & granola topped with wine sauce is a treat for the eyes and tummy. Stewing pears in wine flavors and sweetens the wine and the fruit.

Prep Time10

Cook Time33

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: people

Calories: 547kcal

Author: Marisa Franca @ All Our Way

Equipment

Ingredients

2 medium pears Bartlett or Anjou cut in half.
1 ½ cups white wine such as a Riesling or Traminer { we used a bottle with a blend of the two) ***See notes to make it non-alcoholic.
2 Tablespoons honey
½ cup granola
10 oz. Mascarpone cheese or Greek Vanilla Yogurt

Instructions

Heat oven to 375 F.
Halve the pears lengthwise; remove core with small spoon. No need to peel them.Place pears cut side down, in shallow baking dish just large enough to hold them.
Pour the white wine over the pears; drizzle with the honey
Cover the pan loosely with foil. Bake until tender, 30-35 minutes.
Meanwhile, in shallow baking pan, bake granola until toasted, 5-10 minutes; set aside.
When pears are done, pour liquid from the baking dish into a sauce pan. Cook the liquid from the pears over medium heat until it is reduced to ½ cup. Cool.
Top each pear cut side up with a dollop of mascarpone cheese or vanilla Greek yogurt. Top with toasted granola; drizzle with pear/wine liquid.

Notes

Make sure the casserole dish you use is shallow and not too large. You want to retain as much of the white wine syrup as you can for the poached pear in white wine.

Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil, this will prevent too much moisture from evaporating.

The best pears for poaching are ones that are firm and don't easily lose their shape. We used Bartlett pears but you can also use Bosc or D'Anjou.

If you want to make it the baked pears non-alcoholic, just use a flavoring liquid with your favorite sweetener and seasonings. We give you full directions in the recipe card below.

Poached Pears without Alcohol

1-½ cups fruit juice or water

If using water, combine the liquid with ½ to 1 cup white sugar or brown sugar depending on how sweet you want it. You may also use honey, agave, or maple syrup.

You may not have to add any more sweetener to fruit juice. This depends on you.

Add the seasoning you like such as cinnamon stick, split vanilla bean, star anise, fresh ginger, cloves, vanilla extract (combine as many or as few as you like).

1 slice lemon or orange peel - no pith (white part).

Bring the mixture to a boil. Make sure the sugar is dissolved.

Pour the syrup over the pears and continue as the recipe above.

When the pears are done, remove them from the liquid and strain the syrup into the saucepan and boil down the syrup to serve over the pears.

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