Poached Pears with Saffron
Pears poached with saffron, honey, warm spices and Calvados take on a deep golden hue and delicate flavor. Serve them in glass bowls with a little of their fragrant poaching liquid.
Ingredients
- 8 cups water
- 8 ounces sugar
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 1 large pinch saffron
- 3 Whole allspice berries
- 2 Whole cloves
- ¼ cup Calvados, or other apple brandy
- 8 pears, peeled, halved and cored
Instructions
- Pour the water into a saucepan large enough to hold all the pears and add the sugar, honey, cinnamon, saffron, allspice and cloves. Bring to a strong simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
- Reduce to a simmer, add the pear halves and the Calvados, and poach for 20 minutes, carefully turning the pears once or twice. Remove from the heat but leave the pears in the poaching liquid to cool.
- Serve 2 pear halves per person along with some of the poaching liquid. This is very pretty served in glass bowls. I like to serve it with little meringues or lemon shortbread.
Nutrition
Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 15mg | Potassium: 216mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 46IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 0.4mg