Pears In Gaillac Doux

Give pears a boozy French treatment with this wine-friendly pudding recipe

• Cooking Time Prep 10 mins
  Cook 30 mins
• Skill Level Moderately easy
• Servings Serves 6

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  217

• Protein

  1g

• Carbs

  48g

• Fat

  0g

• Saturates

  0g

• Fibre

  3g

• Sugar

  31g

• Salt

  0g

Ingredients

• 6 pears, Williams are best, ripe or nearly ripe
• 300ml sweet white wine
• 175g golden caster sugar
• 1 vanilla pod, split in half

Directions

1. Peel and halve the pears. Spoon out and discard the core (try to keep the stems intact). Put the wine in a pan with the sugar and vanilla, and bring to the boil. Slide in the pears and top up with water just to cover. Simmer for 10-15 mins until tender. Test with a skewer, then carry on until they are fully tender-they can be rubbery if under-ripe and undercooked. Leave to cool in the pan, covered in the wine syrup.
2. An hour or so before serving, slice the pears and fan out or put the halves in a serving dish with the vanilla pod. Reduce the syrup to about 300ml, then pour over the pears and leave to cool, or cool the syrup and then drizzle over the pears.

Categories: Courses, Vegetarian