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Red Wine Poached Pears With Chocolate Filling

Three red wine ferments at three stages of fermentation.

Recipe Summary Red Wine Poached Pears With Chocolate Filling

This red wine-poached pear with chocolate recipe is a perfect dessert option for the holidays, cold winter nights, or as a show-stopper to impress your friends. Just don't let them know how easy it is to make! Serve with a savory cream like mascarpone, crème fraiche, or Devonshire cream. Can be made ahead of time and refrigerated.

Ingredients | Red Wine Fermentation Process

4 pears, peeled, or more to taste

1 ½ cups red wine

1 cup water

⅔ cup white sugar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 star anise pod (Optional)

1 (11 ounce) jar chocolate sauce (such as Fran's®)

Directions

Cut bottom off each pear and core from the bottom to give each pear a flat bottom to stand upright.

Combine wine, water, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, and star anise in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and arrange pears on their sides in the saucepan. Simmer pears for 10 to 12 minutes. Turn pears and continue simmering until tender and easily poked with a fork, 8 to 10 minutes. Work in batches if needed.

Remove pears from wine mixture and place in a serving dish, standing upright. Continue boiling wine sauce until reduced to about 3/4 cup, 5 to 10 more minutes.

Fill each pear's core cavity with chocolate sauce. Pour wine sauce over each pear.

I recommend using Bosc or Anjou pears.

Use Zinfandel, Shiraz, or Merlot for the red wine.

Info | Red Wine Fermentation Process

prep: 15 mins cook: 25 mins total: 40 mins Servings: 6 Yield: 6 servings

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