Holiday
Recipe: Honey Poached Pears
By FBWorld Team
With
the Holiday Season upon us, it's time to start planning
the menu for your gatherings! This year, try something
healthy and sweet with your friends and family - Festive
Holiday Recipes Sweetened with Honey.
Why
honey? Honey is not only a delicious way to sweeten dishes
while avoiding refined sugars, it contains natural antioxidants,
vitamins, and minerals that are proven to sooth sore throats
and coughs, boost energy and relive tired muscles. Honey
is also known to relax the digestive tract - perfect for
overindulgent holiday eating!
Honey
Poached Pears
Ingredients:
4 Pears
3 Cups White Wine
3/4 Cup Honey
1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
1 Star Anise
1 Cinnamon Stick
1/4 Cup Honey
1/2 Cup Gorgonzola Cheese - (crumbled)
1/4 Cup Hazelnuts
Procedures:
1. Carefully, core pears from the bottom,
then peal and reserve in cold water with a few drops of
lemon juice to prevent browning.
2.
Combine the Wine, Honey (reserve 1/4 cup), Lemon Juice
and spices.
3.
Place pears and honey mixture in a 2 -3 quart saucepot
ensuring that the poaching liquid fully covers the pears.
4.
Place a small oven safe dish on top of the pears to keep
them submerged throughout the cooking process.
5.
Poach the pears on medium heat and bring to a slow simmer.
Continue poaching the pears for approximately 40 minutes
or until they are fork tender.
6.
Remove the pears from the honey liquid and refrigerate
to cool (Discard the star anise and cinnamon stick.
7.
Reduce the remaining liquid down to 1 cup.
8.
Remove the reduction from the heat and add the remaining
honey. Refrigerate to cool.
To
Serve:
1. Place a chilled pear on a small chilled
plate (trimming the bottom as necessary, for a flat surface).
2.
Drizzle the chilled reduced poaching liquid on top of
the pear and place the Gorgonzola and Hazelnuts around
the plate to garnish.
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