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Aromatic Poached Pears

4 Servings

Ingredients:

3 kiwi fruit
2 Tbsps. sugar
3 pears
1 Tbsp. white vinegar
3 cups red wine
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. black tea leaves
3 cloves
1 stick cinnamon
orange segments or apricot slices

Cooking:

1. Peel kiwifruit and place with sugar in a food processor. Puree until smooth; set aside.

2. Peel pears; remove cores with a melon baller. Place pears in a bowl and cover with water to prevent browning.

3. Combine poaching liquid ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Drain pears and add to poaching liquid; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until pears are barely tender, about 30 minutes.

4.To serve: Spoon kiwi sauce onto a dessert plate. Cut pears in half. Slice pear half, but do not cut through to stem. Gently fan pear slices and place over sauce.

Garnish with orange segments or apricot slices.

Adapted from Martin Yan’s Cooking at Home (Wan-Li Book Company)
Copyright Yan Can Cook Group 2005