Fruity cinnamon Christmas pears

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8
  • 1 Organic Orange
  • 1 Vanilla pod
  • 1⁄2 l dry red wine
  • 250 g Sugar
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 7-10 Tbsp Juice of 1 lemon
  • 8 (ca. 1.2 kg; z. B. Conference) Pears

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the orange hot, dry and peel half of the peel with a peeler. Halve the orange and squeeze it. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the pulp. Place the pulp and pod with wine, 300 ml water, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, orange juice and zest in a large pot.

  2. 2

    Peel the pears and place them in the wine stock. Bring to the boil covered and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the pears are soft. Lift out the pears. Boil down wine stock open for 10-15 minutes until slightly syrupy. Serve hot or cold with the pears.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
270 kcal
CARBS
53 g
FATS
1 g
PROTEINS
1 g