Poached Riesling pears

AUTHOR
Valentine Lee
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
25 mins
TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 1/2 Bottle (3/8 l ) White wine, e.g. Riesling)
  • 3-4 heaped Tbsp Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp peel and juice of about 1/2 organic lemon
  • 6 small ripe, not too soft pears (e.g. Williams)
  • 150-200 g Whipped cream
  • 2 TEASPOONS + some icing sugar
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Pear brandy
  • 7-10 Tbsp Spirals or carvings
  • 7-10 Tbsp of 1 organic lemon for garnishing

Directions

  1. 1

    Boil wine, 3/8 l water, sugar, lemon peel and juice

  2. 2

    Wash, peel and halve the pears. Core the pears and let them steep in the wine stock at low heat for 8-10 minutes. Cover and leave to cool for at least 4 hours or overnight

  3. 3

    Whip cream and icing sugar until half stiff, fold in pear brandy. Cut the pears into a fan shape if necessary. Serve with some cream, lemon spiral and icing sugar

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
270 kcal
CARBS
32 g
FATS
12 g
PROTEINS
2 g

Categories & Tags

Dessert