Pears in red wine and honey

March 7, 2012 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
Pears in red wine and honey recipe

My mom’s recipe for pears in red wine was the one most of us grew up with… a winter wine sauce smelling of cinnamon and cloves. Recently I saw a recipe for red fruit with honey and brown sugar – and voila!

Recipe by Marlene van der Westhuizen

Photograph by Bruce Tuck 

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Pears in red wine and honey

Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 6 firm pears
  • 750ml (1 bottle) fruity red wine
  • 100ml honey
  • 100g (½ cup) brown sugar
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) vanilla paste
  • crème fraîche, to serve

Instructions

1

Peel the pears, leaving the stalks intact. Combine the wine, honey, brown sugar and vanilla in a large pot. Bring to the boil and simmer until the sugar has dissolved.

2

Add the pears, placing them upright. Poach slowly until tender, for about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat. Reduce the wine sauce until it has a syrupy consistency. 3 Serve each pear with a spoonful of syrup drizzled over and a scoop of crème fraîche.

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