Poached pears with red wine and star anise
5
5
5
SmartPoints® value per serving
Total Time
1 hr 4 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
50 min
Serves
8
Difficulty
Easy
Here's a combination of flavors that you think would never go together, but once you give this a taste, you'll find yourself making it over and over again. These poached pears feature not only herbal tea, but red also red wine, whole cardamom pods, star anise, and pistachios. To neatly remove the core from each pear, use a melon baller. To make this dessert even more convenient, the pears can be prepared ahead and refrigerated in the wine mixture—before it is reduced—up to 3 days. Remove the pears from the wine mixture and reduce it as directed in step 4.
Ingredients
Water
2 cup(s), boiling
Tea bag
3 item(s), Red Zinger or Raspberry Zinger
Red wine
16 fl oz, (2 cups), dry
Sugar
½ cup(s)
Orange zest
3 strip(s), (3-inch), removed with vegetable peeler
Cardamom pods
2 item(s)
Star anise
1 item(s)
Raw Bosc pear(s)
4 item(s), (1/2-pound each), firm-ripe, peeled, halved, and cored
Plain fat free Greek yogurt
½ cup(s)
Shelled pistachio nuts
2 Tbsp, coarsely chopped