Poires Au Vin Rouge (Pears in Red Wine)

Pears simmer with red wine and spices, like cinnamon sticks, cloves, bay leaves, fennel seed, and peppercorn, for a light, simple, classy dessert.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 359 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 3 cups red wine
• 3 whole black peppercorns
• 1 strip orange zest
• 6 large firm pears

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Peel pears and remove the cores from the bottom, leaving the stems intact; set aside.

Step 2

Combine red wine, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, orange zest, fennel seed, peppercorns, and bay leaves in a large saucepan and bring to a boil; stir until sugar is dissolved. Add pears, return to a simmer, and reduce heat to medium-low; continue simmering until tender, about 25 minutes.

Step 3

Remove pears from wine syrup to a rimmed dish; cover the dish and refrigerate until pears are cold. Strain syrup through a mesh sieve into a medium pot and discard spices. Simmer syrup over medium heat until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. Refrigerate syrup until cold.

Step 4

Pour cold syrup over pears. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.