Roasted Pears


Photo: Joanne and Adam
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Ingredients

4 semi-ripe Bosc pears
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup semi-sweet wine (we used Riesling)
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
For serving: ice cream or whipped cream

Preparation

1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2
Quarter and core the pears, then place cut-side up (skin-side down) and dust them with powdered sugar.
3
Add the butter to an oven-safe Dutch oven or similar over medium-high heat. Once the butter is melted, add the pears cut-side down to the pan and cook until browned for about 8-10 minutes. Flip the pears skin-side up, add the wine, star anise and cinnamon stick to the pan and place into the oven for 15-20 minutes. The wine should reduce down to a syrup consistency and the pears will be tender.
4
Transfer the pears to a serving dish, drizzle with leftover syrup from the pan and top with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream.

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About

Adam and I are not the biggest dessert eaters. In fact, to be perfectly honest, we rarely bake or prepare desserts at home and almost never order them at a restaurant. If we are ever in the mood for something sweet at the end of the meal, we usually just grab a chocolate bar (Adam goes for the dark chocolate and I the milk) and we are happy as can be. With all of that said, we do as most people do, get cravings. The most recent one was my influence. For a few weeks now, I had been wanting to poach a pear. I don’t really know why I was so infatuated with the concept of poaching a pear, it wasn’t like I had recently seen it in a magazine or on TV or even at a restaurant, but the feeling was overwhelming, so much so that I was finally able to convince Adam to drive to the store and purchase some absolutely beautiful Bosc pears so we could then quickly drive back home and poach.

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