I'm a sucker for desserts that feel elegant without requiring a ton of fancy cooking tricks. It may sound like a tall task, but a dessert like wine poached pears proves that it's possible. Fresh pears ...

Looking for an easy but fancy dessert? Try Candice Kumai's poached pears in red wine, which just involves a few seasonal ingredients (and a bottle of red). Well+Good is not the kind of wellness ...

Pears poached in red wine make for a festive and easy make-ahead dessert. Look for crisp — very slightly under-ripe — pears with no blemishes. Bosc or Anjou are winning options as they can withstand ...

To make the wine syrup, in a 3-quart saucepan (or the size that holds your pears snuggly on their sides but not pressed together), combine the sugar, water, wine, and lemon zest. Bring to a boil over ...

Valentine's recipes are rarely as simple as this one from Mary Ann Esposito's "Ciao Italia Five-Ingredient Favorites" cookbook. This recipe actually is poached pears, black peppercorns, vanilla, and ...

Combine wines, honey, oranges, cinnamon sticks and cloves in a large sauce pan and heat on low. Peel pears of all skin. Cut pears in half, keeping part of the stem on each half of the pear. Remove the ...

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From "The Chef and the Slow Cooker" by Hugh Acheson. Copyright © 2017 by Fried Pie, LLC. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House ...

The fruit softens gently as it simmers, soaking up the deep flavours of the wine and spices until it turns glossy, The origins of poached pears date back centuries, to a time when cooks needed ways to ...

Method: Trim the base of the pears so they will stand upright. Place in a small saucepan (they should fit snugly). Sprinkle caster sugar over the pears, then pour wine over to cover (water may be ...