Spiced Red Wine Poached Pears

This recipe comes to rescue your left over wine. The red wine and the spice just go so well together and the pear is juicy and tender. What else do you want more? I just have to share this recipe and hope you will enjoy it too.

Ingredients:

4               Pear (I use Packham Pear), just ripe, peeled
2    cups   Red wine
1/2 cup    Sugar
1              Whole star anise
2               Whole cloves
2               Cinnamon sticks
1               Vanilla bean, split
1 packet    Mascarpone cheese (200 grams)
2 tbsp       Icing sugar
2 tsp         Vanilla extract

How to do it?

Cut off the bottom of the pear a little so it could sit straight.

Combine the wine, sugar and the spices in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook for few minutes until the sugar dissolve.   

Add in the pear and cover the saucepan. Make sure the pear covered in wine. If needed add some more wine. Bring it to a boil. Once boiled, reduce the heat and poached the pear for another 40 min - 1 hours or until the pear is tender all the way through when pierced with a knife.

Remove the pear. Continue boil the liquid until it thickens and turn into syrup consistency. Leave it to cool.

In a mixing bowl, mix well mascarpone cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract.

To serve, place the mascarpone cheese mixture on a serving plate. Top the mixture with the poached pear and drizzle over with the syrup.

Enjoy :)

Notes:

The cooking duration depends on the ripeness of you pear. I choose pear that are just ripe. If you have the really ripe pear, you should reduce the cooking time.

If you want non-alcoholic version, use fruit juice instead. I have made the same recipe using Roselle juice and it turns out just as delicious. Perfect if you serve it to the kids.