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Slow-Baked Honey Wine Pears

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TOTAL TIME: 7 hr 25 min
Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: 2 hr
Cook: 5 hr 20 min
 
YIELD: 4 to 8 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 4 Bosc pears or eight small Anjou pears
  • 1 bottle dry red wine
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Directions

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.

Peel the pears from top to bottom, leaving the stem intact, and lay them in a lidded oven-proof dish just large enough to hold them. Bring the wine and honey to a boil, cover the pears with the liquid, and transfer to the oven. Bake until very tender, 4 to 5 hours, turning now and again.

Gently remove the pears to a serving bowl with a slotted spoon. Boil the liquid rapidly until reduced to syrup, about 20 minutes. Pour the syrup over the pears and reserve at room temperature for several hours, or cover and refrigerate until about an hour before serving. Serve with whipped cream which you've sweetened with a little sugar and flavored with Cognac.

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  • on April 22, 2012

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    This was just wonderful. I took it to a party and the ladies thought I had spent all afternoon on it. I added a little softened cream cheese to sweetened whipped cream and the combination was so delicious.
    It is a beautiful presentation, and so easy to make.

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  • on January 22, 2012

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    This is the most amazing dessert I have ever made. It is so simple, yet takes your breath away. Why isn't the Cooking Channel marketing this for Valentine's day? Gentleman, if you want to propose, make this for your sweetheart and she will definitely say yes. Laura Calder has tapped into the rustic, sophistication of French cooking and delivers it to you in an manner both accessible and enticing to the average cooks among us. Kudos to you Laura!

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  • on November 09, 2011

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    Very simple, but eligant. Stuffed with Orange liquer flavored marscapone cheese on the occasion. So vesatile. TY!!!

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