Poached pears

Poached Pears with Vanilla and Cinnamon

Master this stylish dessert with advice from best chef, Michael Caines. Poached Pears make a fantastic dinner get together dessert and can be ready in advance.

From the book

Introduction

Basic nevertheless efficient, pears have this kind of a fantastic fragrant flavour that you want to use spice in a considered way to complement their fabulous taste. It is very best not to use over-ripened fruit for poaching, but they must not be also challenging both.

Components

1l	water
300g	caster sugar
one	cinnamon stick
one	vanilla pod, minimize in half and seeds scraped out
1	lemon, juice
eight	ripe pears

Guidelines

Spot all the elements except the pears in a stainless steel saucepan, do not flip on the heat. Peel the pears, include them to the pan once they are peeled, then area them onto the stove and bring to the boil, then decrease to a simmer and cook the pears carefully.

Once cooked, take away the pan from the heat and let the pears to amazing in the sugar syrup. To check if they are cooked, take a paring knife and push it into the middle of the fruit. If the pears come to feel soft, they are cooked. They can be served hot or cold.