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I promised you my Poached Pear recipe, here it is.
What you need…
Some white wine (enough to sit the pears in)
1 tablespoon of Demerara sugar
½ a teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Vanilla essence
A pear (peeled if you want, unpeeled if you don’t)
A little Calvados
What you do…
1. Place the white wine, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla essence in a shallowish pan.
2. Bring to a gentle simmer.
3. Cut the pear in half and place in the liquid.
4. Put a lid on the pan and poach the pear over a low heat for 30-40 minutes or until translucent, turning occasionally.
5. Remove the pear and reduce the cooking liquor by three quarters.
6. Place the pear in the centre of a dish, sprinkle with some more sugar, caramelise with a blow torch.
7. Pour on some heated calvados and set fire to it.
8. Splash some of the reduced liquid around the pear.
9. Serve with vanilla ice cream if you wish.
That’s it, poached pear – how very simple, but delicious.
Hemingway once told me a great story about a pear grower in California. We talked about making it into a movie but for one reason and another we never got around to it.
ReplyDeleteOne reason: We couldn't get the money out of MGM.
Another reason: Hemingway blew his brains out with a cheap shotgun before he'd gotten around to writing the screenplay.
Still a great story though.