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Spiced Poached Pears with Crème Fraîche and Amaretto Cookies

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Spiced Poached Pears with Crème Fraîche and Amaretto Cookies Diana Yen, food and prop styling by Diana Yen

  • Active Time

    20 minutes

  • Total Time

    1 hour

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 vanilla bean, split
2 star anise
1/2 lemon
8 Bosc pears, peeled, cored, and quartered
1/2 cup coarsely crushed amaretti cookies
8 ounces crème fraîche or full fat Greek yogurt
Ground cinnamon, for serving

  1. Step 1

    In a large pot, combine sugar with 8 cups water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, star anise, and lemon, stir until the sugar is dissolved.

    Step 2

    Add the pears to the liquid and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer the pears until tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove pot from heat and let the pears cool in their liquid at room temperature.

    Step 3

    When ready to serve, use a slotted spoon to transfer pears to serving platter. Top with a dollop of crème fraîche, amaretti cookie crumbs, and a light dusting of cinnamon.

Do ahead:

Refrigerate pears in their liquid in the refrigerator, in a covered container, up to 5 days.

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  • Great make-ahead recipe for a dinner party. Even the kids liked it and I didn't think they were too sweet. The pears were just right, but since we made this in a pinch with what was on hand, I can say that vanilla Greek yogurt and ginger snaps can also be used to good effect. Thrifty: after the pears are eaten, add enough sugar to the remaining liquid to make a simple syrup to spice up cocktails.

    • mavsflygirl

    • Washington DC

    • 12/17/2016

  • I added 1/2 bottle of champagne to the poaching liquid. I served this at an elegant New Year's Eve dinner. It was a hit. The addition of the champagne kept it for being to syrupy sweet.

    • jord1

    • Garberville CA

    • 1/8/2015

  • The dish was delicious and the presentation was very nice. I could find cream fraiche so I used vanilla ice cream which was good. I couldn't find the amaretti cookies either and wished I read the reviews for a substitute.

    • jennex

    • San Diego, CA

    • 1/2/2015

  • I make a similar dish but steam the pears after coring them. Put the spiced into the core space, along with some honey. Delicious.

    • Anonymous

    • 12/29/2014

  • I couldn't find amaretti cookies so I used almond biscotti. Worked just fine. This is a lovely dessert, more a stewed than a poached pear recipe, but that's not a problem.The spices in the liquid are just about perfect, I think. I made these a day ahead and rested them in the cooking liquid - a really lovely light syrup. Just divine with the creme fraiche!

    • klclark

    • Toronto, Canada

    • 11/16/2014

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