Red Wine Poached Pears

If you have about 24 hours to spend in the kitchen, Red Wine Poached Pears might be a spectacular gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 333 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat each. For $1.99 per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 97 people were glad they tried this recipe. Head to the store and pick up red wine, lemon, pears, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a budget friendly beverage. It is brought to you by Dieters Downfall. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 29%. This score is not so super. Try Red Wine Poached Pears, Poached pears in spiced red wine, and Rosemary Red Wine Poached Pears for similar recipes.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 20 minutes

Cooking duration: 40 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 Cinnamon Stick

1 Lemon, sliced

4 Pears, ripe but still firm

1 ½ Cups Red Wine

¾ Cup Sugar

1 ½ Cups Water

Equipment:

sauce pan

sieve

Cooking instruction summary:

Peel Pears. Cut in half lengthwise, remove seed center, stem and blossom end. In a large sauce pan, add the water, wine, and sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and add pears, lemon and cinnamon. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Turn pears over and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes.Remove pears and place flat in a container. Continue to cook the red wine sauce over high heat until it reduces by half and becomes more syrupy. This should take 20 minutesPour wine sauce through a strainer over the pears. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

 

Step by step:


1. Peel Pears.

2. Cut in half lengthwise, remove seed center, stem and blossom end. In a large sauce pan, add the water, wine, and sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and add pears, lemon and cinnamon. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Turn pears over and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes.

3. Remove pears and place flat in a container. Continue to cook the red wine sauce over high heat until it reduces by half and becomes more syrupy. This should take 20 minutes

4. Pour wine sauce through a strainer over the pears. Cover and refrigerate overnight.


Nutrition Information:

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333k Calories
1g Protein
0.34g Total Fat
70g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
333k
17%

Fat
0.34g
1%

  Saturated Fat
0.05g
0%

Carbohydrates
70g
23%

  Sugar
56g
62%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
10mg
0%

Alcohol
9g
53%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
1g
2%

Fiber
6g
27%

Vitamin C
22mg
27%

Manganese
0.37mg
18%

Potassium
362mg
10%

Copper
0.19mg
9%

Vitamin K
8µg
8%

Magnesium
26mg
7%

Vitamin B6
0.13mg
6%

Iron
0.99mg
5%

Vitamin B2
0.09mg
5%

Phosphorus
46mg
5%

Calcium
42mg
4%

Folate
16µg
4%

Vitamin B3
0.53mg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.04mg
2%

Zinc
0.35mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.27mg
2%

Vitamin B5
0.17mg
2%

Vitamin A
54IU
1%

Selenium
0.72µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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