How to Cook Poached Pears

Serves: 8

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 40 mins

Ingredients needed to make Poached Pears:

• 4 pears
• 3 ½ oz Stilton
• One bottle (75 cl) superior-quality port
• 2 cloves
• Two 6’’ cinnamon sticks
• 3 ½ oz walnuts, toasted
• 3 ½ fl oz honey

Cooking instructions for Poached Pears:

• Peel the skin off each pear and place them on a deep-bottomed saucepan.
• Bathe them in the port and scatter the whole spices around it.
• Add a splash of honey and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Reduce the heat slightly and simmer it for about 20 minutes over moderate heat, until they soften.
• Lift the pears up and set them aside in a plate to cool them slightly.
• Slice them longitudinally into two equal halves and scoop out their cores with the help of a melon baller or simply a teaspoon.
• Slice off a small portion from their base to flatten it out so that they can sit without toppling off.
• Reheat the spice-infused port and bring it to a rolling boil.
• Continue to boil it rigorously until it reduces into 4 tbsp and remove from heat; set aside.
• Warm up your grill to high.
• Toss the walnuts and stilton into a food processor and pulse them into fine crumbs.
• Stuff small spoonfuls of the crumbly mixture within the hollowed cavity in each pear half and arrange them on a baking dish.
• Grill the pears for about 5 minutes or until the cheese melts and transfer each of them onto a plate.
• Drizzle the reduced sauce over the poached pears and serve.

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Last Updated on March 29, 2013 by