Poached Pears

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 liters water
• 1/2 cup sweet sherry
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 cloves
• 4 beurre bosc pears, peeled and left whole
• cream, to serve

Recipe

• 1 place the water, sherry, sugar, cinnamon and the cloves in a large saucepan over a low heat and stir until the sugar dissolves.
• 2 add the peeled pears and simmer for about 25-30 minutes or until pears are cooked through.
• 3 allow pears to cool in the poaching liquid.
• 4 serve with cream.