White Wine Poached Pears in Vanilla
This decedent dessert dish is too good for words. And its easy to make in your Instant Pot!
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 Bottle White Wine (A light fruity wine works best)
- 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
- Firm but ripe Pears peeled
- 1 Cinnamon Stick broken in half
- Whole Cloves
- 1 Large Vanilla Bean pod Split open lengthwise
- 1/2 Lemon cut into rounds
Instructions
- Add the wine and sugar to the Instant Pot and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the pears, cinnamon stick, cloves, vanilla bean pod and lemon. Secure the lid
- Select manual or pressure cook and cook at high pressure for 8 minutes.
- Once cooking si complete, use a natural release for 10 minutes. For best results, store the pears in their cooking liquid overnight before proceeding.
- Remove the pears and set aside. Remove the spices and all but 2 cups of liquid. Select Sauté and cook the cause until reduced by half. Approx 5-10 minutes
- Serve the pears drizzled with the sauce.
Notes
Cook the pears in Red Wine for a flavor adventure. You may want to add another 1/2 of sugar if you use Red Wine.
Plating
Cut the pears in 1/2 and sit 2 pears back to back on a plate and drizzle the sauce over the pears. Rest a cinnamon stick between the two pear halves.