Vanilla Poached Pears

• Yield: 4 Servings
• Level: Easy

Time

• Total: 2 hours 5 minutes
• Prep: 10 minutes
• Cook: 55 minutes
• Inactive: 1 hour

Ingredients

• 750ml Bottle White Wine (Riesling Or Viognier)
• 1 Cup Water
• 5oz (3/4 Cup) Vanilla Sugar
• 1 Whole Vanilla Bean
• 4 Firm Bartlett, Anjou, Or Bosc Pears

Preparation

• Split And Scrape Vanilla Bean
• Peal And Core Pears

Directions

• Place white wine, water, sugar, vanilla bean, and pulp into a 4 quart saucepan over medium high heat.
• Bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat to medium low and add pears.
• Cover and cook for 30 minutes, or until pears are tender.
• Maintain gentle simmer.
• Remove pears to serving dish, stand them upright and refrigerate.
• Remove vanilla bean from saucepan, increase heat to high.
• Reduce liquid to approximately 1 cup of liquid, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Do not allow syrup to turn brown.
• Place syrup into refrigerator to cool, approximately 1 hour.
• Remove pears from refrigerator, spoon syrup over pears and serve.