Poached Pears With Blackberry Honey Crème Fraiche

Poached Pears With Blackberry Honey Crème Fraiche

Poached Pears With Blackberry Honey Crème Fraiche

45 minutes

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  • Serving Size:   8
  • Gluten-Free:   True
  • Vegetarian:   True
  • Weight Watchers:   6 Points
Cuisine
  • side dish
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Ingredients
  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 2 pints blackberries
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 8 ounces crème fraiche
  • 1/2 cup 100% pure honey
  • 1 lemon
  • 6 large mint leaves
  • 1 orange
  • 4 pears (peeled, halved & cored)
  • 1 bottle Pinot Noir
Instructions

Bring the wine and 1 liter of water to a boil then lower to medium heat.

Cut the lemon and orange in half and squeeze into the poaching liquid removing the seeds.

Add the 100% pure honey, cinnamon sticks and peppercorns.Carefully peel the pears leaving the stem on. Gently drop the pears into the poaching liquid and cook for about 1 hour until a paring knife can be inserted into the center of the pear.

Remove the pears from the liquid, drain and refrigerate.Put half of the crme fraiche and cup of the 100% pure honey and 1 basket of the blackberries into a blender. Gently pulse until blended. Pass the mixture through a sieve and refrigerate.

Mix the remaining crme fraiche with the remaining honey. On a plate, place the chilled pear standing up in the center of each plate and drizzle the 2 flavors of crme fraiche and sprinkle the whole berries around the pear. Next to the stem, insert 1 mint leaf.

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