Poached Pears with Chocolate and Wine Sauce
Ingredients
- 6 Bosc Pears - peeled, stems intact
- 1 bottle Sutter Home Zinfandel
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 Tbsp fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 Cinnamon Sticks
- 1/4 cup semisweet Chocolate pieces
- Lemon peel strips or chopped Walnuts (optional)
Wine Match
Menu Suggestion
Directions
Cut small slice from bottom of each peeled pear.
Combine wine, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon sticks in large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; add pears. (Pears do not need to be upright.) Simmer, covered, 35 to 45 minutes or until fork-tender, turning pears occasionally so they evenly absorb wine color.Remove pears to platter with slotted spoon, standing them upright. Refrigerate, covered, 1 to 2 hours or until cold. Reserve wine mixture in saucepan.
Meanwhile remove and discard cinnamon sticks from wine mixture; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to about 3/4 cup and mixture coats back of spoon.
Combine chocolate and 3 tablespoons hot wine sauce in small bowl, stirring until chocolate is melted.
To Serve: Evenly divide remaining wine sauce among 6 serving plates. Place 1 pear upright on each plate; drizzle with 2 teaspoons chocolate-wine sauce. Garnish with lemon peel or walnuts, if desired.
WINE PAIRING: Sutter Home Zinfandel or Moscato
Recipe & photo curtesy of Sutter Home Winery
