Red wine pears

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 175 g Sugar
  • 1 (0,75 l ) bottle of red wine
  • 8 small pears
  • 2 Orange slices of 1 untreated orange
  • 2 Cloves
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1 TEASPOON Cornstarch
  • 3 Egg Yolk
  • 7-10 Tbsp Splash of lemon juice
  • 1/4 l White wine
  • 1 knife tip ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. 1

    Caramelise 150 g sugar in a pot. Deglaze with red wine and simmer for 10 minutes. In the meantime peel the pears and remove the blossom. Add orange slices, cloves and cinnamon stick to the red wine. Put the pears in the pot with the stalks upwards and cook for another 20 minutes. Remove the pears. Stir cornflour with a little water until smooth and thicken in boiling red wine stock.

  2. 2

    Simmer again for another 3 minutes. Arrange the pears in a bowl, pour the red wine stock over them and let them cool down. Meanwhile, for the cinnamon sabayon, mix the egg yolks with the remaining sugar, lemon juice and white wine. Whisk in a hot water bath for about 10 minutes. Add the cinnamon and stir cold in a cold water bath. Pour into a sauce boat, dust with cinnamon and serve with the pears

Categories & Tags

DessertexoticFruit