Red Wine Poached Pears

Name: Red Wine Poached Pears
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 firm Bosc pears (peeled, stems on); 1 bottle dry red wine; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 star anise; 3 clove 3 cloves; 2 strip orange peel; 1 tsp vanilla; Mascarpone or vanilla ice cream

Prep 10 min Cook 45 min Total 55 min Servings 4

By Lukasz Jagiello

Published Oct 11, 2026 · Updated Oct 11, 2026

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A parchment lid keeps the pears submerged so they color evenly.

Ingredients

4 firm Bosc pears peeled, stems on
1 bottle dry red wine
3/4 cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 star anise
3 clove 3 cloves
2 strip orange peel
1 tsp vanilla
Mascarpone or vanilla ice cream

Method

01

Simmer wine, sugar, spices and peel until sugar dissolves.
02

Add pears, cover with a parchment round and simmer gently 25–35 minutes, turning, until a knife slides in.
03

Remove pears; boil the liquid until reduced to a syrup, about 15 minutes.
04

Serve warm pears with syrup and mascarpone.

Notes & swaps

A parchment lid keeps the pears submerged so they color evenly.

Red Wine Poached Pears

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