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Poached Pear Recipe

with Cranberry Sauce

Image of poached pears with cranberry sauceA fresh poached pear recipe served with cinnamon cranberry sauce. Pears are boiled in orange juice and topped with a fresh homemade cranberry sauce. Serve poached pears for breakfast, brunch or as a dessert to a main course meal.

If you are looking for lighter fare, this fruit recipe can be used as a side dish for a hearty breakfast or as a light dessert to a beef, chicken, or fish dinner.

You won't believe how good your kitchen will smell when you make this poached pear recipe! The scent of cinnamon, orange juice and pears boiling in a pot on the stove will have everyone heading for the kitchen asking if it is time to eat. View more fruit recipes like this poached pear recipe.


Poached Pear Recipe

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredient List:

4 Bartlett or other green pears, halved, cored
1 quart of Orange juice
1 cinnamon stick

======Cinnamon Cranberry Sauce======

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 12 ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Kitchen Equipment Needed

Dutch oven or large stock pot

Instructions:

Step 1: Place cored pear halves, cut-side up, in bottom of a Dutch oven.

Step 2: Add enough orange juice to cover. Add cinnamon stick. Bring to boil over medium heat, cover pan, reduce heat to simmer and cook 10 to 15 minutes, until the pears are tender.

Step 3: Remove pan from heat. Cool pears in liquid. Refrigerate in juice until chilled. Will keep up to 1 week.

Step 4: Just before serving, make sauce following the instructions below.

Step 5: To serve poached pears: place each pear half in a dessert bowl or on a dessert plate. Spoon cranberry sauce into the well of each pear and then drizzle a little more in an overall fashion over the entire pear. Garnish with a sprig of mint if desired.

Cranberry Sauce Instructions:

Step 1: Mix sugar and water in a medium saucepan; stir to dissolve sugar.

Step 2: Bring to a boil; add cranberries. Return to a boil, reduce heat; boil gently 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

Step 3: Remove from heat. Cool completely at room temperature and refrigerate. Makes about 2 1/4 cups of cranberry sauce for your poached pears.

This pear recipe makes 8 servings.

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