Spiced Poached Pears
Here’s an elegant dessert that will show off your homegrown harvest. Spiced poached pears make for a light and refreshing dessert—you might want to make enough for seconds!
- Time: 35 min
- Servings: 4
Source: Food Gardening Network
Ingredients
- tablespoon lemon juice
- Water to cover pears
- to 6 firm pears with stems; Bosc, Bartlett, Anjou, and Comice are good choices
- white wine
- water
- sugar
- teaspoon salt
- teaspoon vanilla extract
- cinnamon stick
- Peel of 1 orange, cut into pieces
- whole cloves
- Mint leaves for garnish