Red wine–poached pears
4
Points®
Total Time
10 hr 5 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
1 hr 55 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
Wine-poached pears are as classic and elegant as a simple black dress that never goes out of style. In this recipe, the pears are poached in a delicious red-wine mixture until tender enough to be easily pierced with a paring knife. It requires just six ingredients, one of which is water. You have to let the pears marinate at least overnight, or you can leave them in the fridge for up to 4 days, and the flavors get more concentrated as time goes on. You can have a bag of the pears ready to go whenever you need a sweet treat to end your day.
Ingredients
Merlot red wine
1½ cup(s), or Cabernet Sauvignon
Sugar
¼ cup(s)
Lemon zest
2 strip(s), (3 inches each), removed with a vegetable peeler
Cinnamon stick
1 item(s), 3 inches
Bartlett pear
6 medium, (5 ounces each), firm-ripe, or Bosc pears with stems