Simple Poached Pears
These Simple Poached Pears just might be the best poached pear recipe ever! The pears are light, sweet, and festive holiday desserts.
For the holidays, enjoy these simple poached pears! They can be made ahead, they’re elegant and beautiful to serve for any dinner party!
Enjoy this super easy pear recipe for your next holiday meal! It’s so festive and delicious, and you can serve a bourban whipped cream on top, or premium Vanilla ice cream. Also for the holidays, with a dab of whipped cream on top, you may want to try our Pear Upside Down Cake.
Simple Poached Pears
Poached pears are a delicious dessert to serve for Christmas dinner! Serve prime rib, Irish potatoes with bacon, green beans, a winter green salad, and this dessert!
For the reluctant entertainer, this is a very easy “winter” dessert. Pull out of the fridge, reheat, serve! This recipe highlights the fruit of the Rogue Valley, from my friend, Stan.
We love this recipe, because after a full meal, it’s light and fresh!
Ingredients to buy:
- Sugar
- White wine (Riesling works great)
- Sticks of cinnamon
- Vanilla extract
- Pears
How do you make poached pears in wine?
- Peel, core and halve the pears. (Use Bosc or Bartlett pears that are fairly firm – not too ripe or soft.)
- In a large skillet, combine sugar, wine, water, cinnamon sticks (broken up into inch long pieces) and vanilla. Bring to a boil.
- Add pears. Reduce heat and cover. Simmer until soft.
Tips and substitutions:
Cinnamon and vanilla flavor is amazing, but you can also use vanilla and cardamom.
Remove from heat and serve hot (without cinnamon sticks) with a scoop of premium vanilla ice cream.
Drizzle with caramel topping, if desired.
Make ahead: Place in container with juice and chill overnight {up to 2 days}. Serve cold with same ingredients as above.
Enjoy!
More pear recipes to try:
Amazing Pear Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
So good – Pear Puff Pastry Dessert
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Holiday Poached Pears Recipe
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup of sugar
- ¾ cup of white wine, Riesling works great
- 3-4 sticks of cinnamon
- 3 tsp. of vanilla
- 4-6 medium pears
Instructions
- Peel, core and halve the pears. (Use Bosc or Bartlett pears that are fairly firm – not too ripe or soft.)
- In a large skillet, combine 1/3 cup of sugar, ¾ cup of wine, ¾ cup of water, 3-4 cinnamon sticks (broken up into inch long pieces) and 3 tsp. of vanilla. Bring to a boil.
- Add pears. Reduce heat and cover. Simmer until soft.
- Remove from heat and serve hot (without cinnamon sticks) with a scoop of premium vanilla ice cream. Drizzle with caramel topping, if desired.
- Option: Place in container with juice and chill overnight {up to 2 days}. Serve cold with same ingredients as above.
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Oops, just saw that it say cook time is about 10 mins hehe ;-)
About how long does it take the pears to cook? Also, how long will these store for in the refrigerator? Great recipe! Plan to make these today :-)
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Mistakes?!?! What mistakes? (Double Wink)
I need to loosen up this time of year–timely message.
I just love your attitude, Sandy!
I have learned to get better at laughing. Sometimes I still get frustrated but mainly because I then feel like I’ve wasted all those ingredients. But even then, I’m getting better.
I love pears, what a perfect recipe for entertaining!
I had to do just that with my most recent cake in a Bundt pan (my cranberry coffee cake)! Was totally impatient and didn’t wait for it to cool enough. The poor outer appearance didn’t take away from how good it was!
Thanks for the reminder. I have turned into a “reluctant entertainer” as I have gotten older (past 60). You have encouraged me over the past year to loosen up and invite folks besides family to our home. Thanks for that. Having 50 over for a gathering next week. I am really going to try not to apologize for anything. I am also hoping to be able to enjoy the party myself. So often we are so busy trying to entertain others tat we don’t enjoy the event ourselves. Enjoy your blog so much.
By the way, the bundt cake looks yummy. What is it? Recipe, please.
Sandy- I want to add that your words of encouragement and wisdom were in my head on Thanksgiving. Thanks for helping me lighten and up and not be so hard on myself when entertaining. I was much relaxed and had so much more fun preparing and serving my Thanksgiving meal this year!
Thanks for this series, Sandy! I plan to have a “no apologies” holiday season! In the past, I would be crushed if the cake or something else didn’t turn out, but now I’m more likely (thanks to you!) to laugh it off!