Pears roasted in red wine

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Recipe by Barney Desmazery

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1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cut a small slice off the bottom of each pear so they sit up. Put the pears into a casserole dish and pour over the wine. Cut the butter into cubes and push a cube onto the top of each pear. Sprinkle over the sugar, scatter in the cinnamon and star anise. Cover with a lid or foil, then bake in the oven for 30 mins.
2. Remove the pears from the oven, baste them well in their juices, then return to the oven, uncovered, for 40 mins, basting occasionally, until the pears are soft and wrinkled. The pears can be prepared to this point up to 2 days ahead and reheated in a low oven. Serve the pears warm with the juices and a spoonful of something creamy, such as mascarpone.

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191 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 0g, salt 0.16 g

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• Louise

  22 September 2009

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  Fantastic way of cooking pears. I tried freezing a couple and then thawed them much better than my usual Pears in Red Wine. Will be freezing some for during the winter.

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Ingredients

• 6-8 Comice pears
• 250ml red wine
• 50g cold butter
• 100g light demerara sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks , broken in half
• 2 star anise

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Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook min 1 hr 10 mins

Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Low-fat

Ingredients

• 6-8 Comice pears
• 250ml red wine
• 50g cold butter
• 100g light demerara sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks , broken in half
• 2 star anise

PER SERVING

191 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 0g, salt 0.16 g

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