Description
These poached pears are simple, elegant, and full of warm spice with a sweet and fragrant syrup.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 ripe pears, peeled
- 4 cups of water
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
- Peel the pears, leaving the stem if you like the look. You can remove the core if desired.
- In a saucepan, combine water, sugar, cinnamon stick, vanilla extract, and lemon juice. Heat until boiling and sugar is dissolved.
- Reduce heat to a gentle simmer. Add the peeled pears and simmer for 20–30 minutes, turning occasionally.
- Remove from heat and let the pears cool in the syrup to soak up flavor. Serve warm or chill as desired.
Notes
Serve with ice cream, chilled with syrup, or add to yogurt for breakfast. Store in syrup for freshness.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Poaching
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 295
- Sugar: 67g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0.2g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 77g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg