Poached Pears

Ingredients

6 cups —water
zest and juice of one lemon
4 —bosc pears (or Anjou or Bartlett)
2 tsp —vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
3 cups —sugar

Method

  • Add water to a 4 qt pot
  • Add lemon zest and juice to water
  • Scoop seeds out of pears
  • Peel and add to water as done
  • Add sugar to water
  • Simmer for ~20–25 minutes, until tender
  • Store pears covered in syrup in the fridge

Serve

  • Serve with chocolate sauce and/or ice cream

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