Poached pears


Poached pears
Poached pears are used in a number of desserts. Here's a method for poaching them that you can use in all your recipes.
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Last modified on: November 22th 2023
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 10 min.
All in all: 30 min.
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Stage 1 - 8 min.
Poached pears : Stage 1
Take 4 Pears, peel...

Stage 2
Poached pears : Stage 2
...and drop them as you go into a bowl of cold water to which you've added 3 pinches vitamin C, or if you don't have any, the juice of a lemon.

We do this to prevent the pears from turning brown once peeled, as they oxidize very quickly.

Stage 3
Poached pears : Stage 3
Remove a pear from the water, cut it in 2 lengthways, remove the core (an apple scoop is ideal for this, or alternatively a small spoon), then the tail of each half, before plunging them back into the cold water.

Stage 4 - 10 min.
Poached pears : Stage 4
Do this for all the pears.

Stage 5 - 10 min.
Poached pears : Stage 5
Pour into a saucepan, add 800 ml poaching syrup and cook over medium heat until a knife blade can easily cut through a pear.

Stage 6
Poached pears : Stage 6
Leave to cool in the syrup, covered, until ready to use.

Your poached pears are ready.
Remarks
Poaching syrup can be flavored with vanilla, aniseed, lemon zest, etc. etc. Feel free to follow your ideas.

This syrup can be reused several times, and you can even freeze it between uses.

You'll find recipes that recommend using pear trimmings (peelings and hearts) to flavor the poaching syrup before using it. Having tried them with and without, I don't find any marked difference.
Keeping: Several days, in their syrup, in a closed jar and in the fridge.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe10 RDI=4 %2,200 RDI=210 %1 RDI=0 %1,380 RDI=70 %5,760 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g0140 RDI=10 %090 RDI=5 %380 RDI: 5 %
Per pears2 RDI=1 %550 RDI=50 %0340 RDI=20 %1,440 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 pears : 3.95 €
  • Per pears : 1.00 €

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