The highlight of this unusual dessert is that it is easy to prepare! And all you need is pears, powdered sugar and red wine. This magnificent combination will not leave indifferent any true gourmet.
Recipe content:
- Helpful advice from experienced chefs
- Pears in red wine - a classic dessert
- Pears in red wine with mascarpone - a festive dessert
- Video recipes
Juicy, aromatic, ripe and tasty pear is a fruit that many people like. This is not only a tasty and aromatic fruit, but also a useful gift from nature. It contains a colossal amount of vitamins, fatty acids, micro- and macroelements, which are important for the health and beauty of our body. Pear is most often consumed fresh. However, this is a truly unique fruit that can be found in all kinds of dishes. It is successfully used to create various and, at times, it seems, incompatible recipes. And the most popular of it is a baked pear with additives like wine, honey, sugar, chocolate, etc. In this review, we will consider a unique recipe for cooking pears in red. This is an unusually beautiful, tasty and refined dessert for adults, which is easy to prepare, not burdensome for the wallet and does not require much time.
Helpful advice from experienced chefs
- Pears for simmering in red wine should be oblong and about the same size so that they can be placed vertically in the cooking utensils. They must be ripe and hard, maybe slightly unripe.
- You can take any red wine for dessert: dry, sweet or semi-sweet. In addition, white wine is also suitable for taste.
- You can put all kinds of additives in the wine: honey, spices, spices, citrus zest, etc. The fruit will be impregnated with the aromas of wine and spices.
- In the process of cooking, it should be remembered that the fruit has one drawback - its pulp darkens very quickly, which makes it look unpresentable. You can avoid this by sprinkling a sliced and peeled pear with lemon juice.
- When sewing (boiling) pears, the fruit should be completely immersed in the liquid. Therefore, choose the right dishes.
- A drunken pear is served with red wine syrup, garnished with whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream. Although for many eaters, additives distract from the true flavor of the dessert. Therefore, be guided by your taste.
Observing all these subtleties, you will prepare an exquisite dish. Pears in red wine will turn out fragrant, tart and incredibly tasty. This dessert should be prepared by every housewife, so let's take a closer look at how this is done.
Pears in red wine - a classic dessert
This delicious dessert will be a great end to a festive dinner, and the aromatic sauce will make pears unique and special.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 89 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 6 Servings
- Cooking time - 30-40 minutes
Ingredients:
- Pears - 6 pcs. (medium size)
- Sugar - 500 g
- Allspice - 10 peas
- Red wine - 1 l
- Water - 0.5 l
- Carnation - 6 buds
- Fresh mint - for garnish
Step by step cooking:
- Pour wine and water into a saucepan. Add sugar, clove, pepper and heat.
- Wash the pears, peel off the tails, cut into two or four pieces and remove the seeds.
- Dip the prepared fruit into hot wine, nor should they be completely covered with wine. Boil them for 20 minutes with a slow boil. Check the readiness by piercing them with a toothpick: the finished pear should be soft.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let the pears cool without removing them from the syrup.
- Serve the drunken pear with boiled red wine syrup, garnished with a sprig of fresh mint on top.
Pears in red wine with mascarpone - a festive dessert
A pear in red wine is an incredibly tasty delicacy, and the recipe combined with cheese will impress any eater. An original dish will surprise all guests during a festive meal.
Ingredients:
- Pears - 4 pcs.
- Sugar - 200 g
- Mascorpone - 250 g
- Oranges - 1 pc.
- Dry red wine - 750 ml
- Honey - 2 tablespoons
- Cinnamon - 1 stick
- Bay leaf - 1 pc.
- Peppercorns - 8 pcs.
Step by step cooking:
- Wash the pears and cut off the bottom a little at the base so that they are stable and do not fall in an upright position. Place them in the cooking pot so that they sit snugly and do not dangle around the container.
- Wash the orange, dry it, cut off the zest and cut it into long strips.
- Pour wine into a saucepan for pears, add sugar, add bay leaves, cloves, orange zest, cinnamon, rosemary and pepper.
- Boil the wine over high heat, tighten the heat and simmer the pears for 15-20 minutes.
- After this time, remove the pears and set them aside to cool, and continue to boil the wine until the consistency of the sauce.
- Place the mascarpone in a bowl, add honey and beat with a mixer
- Cut the finished pears into slices, put on a plate, pour over with wine sauce and add whipped mascarpone.
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