Friday, September 14, 2012

FFwD - Spiced-poached pears


This week's French Friday with Dorie recipe is Spiced-Poached Pears.  Apples and stone fruit were other options, but I am a sucker for a poached pear, and could not go past these for my fruit choice.

The syrup in which the pears are poached contains orange and lemon zest and juice, sugar, honey, water, star anise and cinnamon. Unfortunately, I found the poaching syrup to be rather tart, and did not enjoy it that much.  I have other sweeter recipes for poached fuit, and I will stick with those in the future.

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14 comments:

  1. Cher RockwellSeptember 14, 2012 at 6:27 AM

    I left out the citrus (didn't have any in the house) and enjoyed it - glad to know I wasn't missing anything!
    Your pear looks tasty.

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  2. Mardi MichelsSeptember 14, 2012 at 8:01 AM

    Ah you see I added some crème de cassis to the poaching liquid to counter the tartness.. Was GOOD!

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  3. UnknownSeptember 14, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    I wonder why it was tart, I would think they would be sweet, your pear does look delicious;-)

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  4. Lorraine @ Not Quite NigellaSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:09 PM

    I also prefer sweeter poaching liquid. In fact I had a gorgeous dessert where the pear was poached in Canadian ice wine! :D

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  5. The Squishy MonsterSeptember 15, 2012 at 12:26 AM

    I adore poached pears and with the spices, it's perfect =D

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  6. TeresaSeptember 15, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    A few folks found this too tart. Ours was sweet enough, luckily.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:53 AM

    I used pears as well! But, I skipped the star anise.

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  8. Choc Chip Uru @ Go Bake YourselfSeptember 15, 2012 at 8:47 PM

    Mmmm these poached pears look awesome :D

    Cheers
    CCU

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  9. Liz That Skinny Chick Can BakeSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:22 PM

    Glad the syrup mellowed overnight. I love pears, too :)

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  10. NanaSeptember 16, 2012 at 12:14 AM

    I found it extremely sweet and overpowering in the
    spice department. However, two days later the syrup
    was so good. Have a great weekend.

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  11. Johanna GGGSeptember 16, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    I always find these syrups rather sweet - this mustn't have had much sugar to be too tart - wonder if it makes a difference depending on the fruit and how sweet it is?

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  12. KathySeptember 16, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    Your pears look heavenly! I really enjoyed this recipe…although a little sweet. I might try poaching with white wine next time.

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  13. Paula @ Vintage KitchenSeptember 21, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    I found that pears were the best choice also. My syrup was tart and I realized I had forgotten the vanilla paste; it did make a difference. They look lovely!

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  14. KayteSeptember 27, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    These look wonderful, and I love it when you use those dishes, they just make everything look like a celebration.

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