Stoofperen met Rode Wijn (Red Wine-Poached Pears)

A simple, but delicious recipe for poached pears in red wine. You only need a handful of ingredients. You can eat the pears as a dessert, warm or cold, but in the Netherlands we traditionally eat stewed pears as a side dish for Christmas. I prefer them cold.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 379 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 (750 milliliter) bottle red wine
• 4 large firm pears - peeled, cored, and quartered
• peel of 1 orange

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place pears in a saucepan. Add sugar, orange peel, and cinnamon stick. Pour in red wine to cover pears completely. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer gently until pears are soft and deep red in color, about 2 1/2 hours.

Step 2

Transfer pears to a serving plate using a slotted spoon. Serve the pears warm or cold.