Poached pears in pomegranate juice with a creamy blue cheese and walnut dressing

October 16, 2014 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
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Poached pears in pomegranate juice with a creamy blue cheese and walnut dressing

Serves: 4 – 6
Cooking Time: 15 mins plus extra for steeping

Ingredients

  • 4 firm pears, peeled, cored and halved
  • 1 litre pomegranate juice
  • 50ml red wine
  • 60ml (¼ cup) castor sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 star anise
  • 4 cloves
  • DRESSING
  • 125ml (½ cup) fresh cream
  • 100g blue cheese
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) olive/avocado oil
  • walnuts, toasted to serve
  • green salad, to serve

Instructions

1

Place the pears into a deep pot and pour over the juice, wine, sugar, vanilla pod and seeds and spices and cover with baking paper.

2

Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.

3

Remove the pears and allow the liquid to simmer until it is reduced by half.

4

Place the pears on a serving dish and pour over the reduced liquid. Leave to steep overnight.

5

For the dressing, mix all of the ingredients well together until smooth and refrigerate until ready to serve.

6

Serve the pears together with the dressing, the walnuts and salad.

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