We begin with a new edition of BM and this week I have chosen to cook Christmas Dinner Recipes . When the girls were here we would get a Christmas Tree and decorate it beautifully . We would not cook a special dinner but we did make desserts , specially a cake was a must . With time and the girls gone Christmas is just like any other day .Remembering old times I decided to take this theme and decided to post a few recipes under this festival . Today’s recipe is for Poached Pears , but here are some more desserts that you can try for Christmas.
Sinful Chocolate Pudding
Panaforte
Mango Jello
I have always loved Poached Pears , they make such an elegant dessert . I have had it a couple of times but this is the first time I made and we all loved them . Unfortunately my son did not have so I made another batch with vanilla flavour and he was totally impressed . The best Poached Pears ever had ! Was his statement . The ones I am posting today are with cardamom and saffron , but you could minus these and add just vanilla or vanilla and cinnamon . They all taste one better than the other . Serve it with ice cream or some fresh cream and you have a pretty looking and a absolutely delicious dessert .
Poached Pears with saffron and cardamom
Ingredients
4 pears
10 cardamom pods
325 gms sugar
Few strands saffron
Method
Peel the pears, leaving the stalk intact.
Crush the cardamom pods.
Combine all the ingredients in a pan with about 1 litre of water, bring to a simmer .
Add the pears to this and poach the pears for about 2 hours or until tender.
Remove from the heat, allow to cool, keep covered for a couple of hours ,preferably overnight.
Remove the pears from syrup .
Boil the syrup until reduced to a sticky glaze, about 250ml.
Drizzle about 2 tablespoons of saffron glaze over the pears.
Serve with ice cream or cream.
Print Recipe
Poached Pears
Pears simmered for hours in sugar and water, flavored with green cardamom and rich saffron. The fruit is poached and served with fresh cream or ice cream.
Instructions
Peel the pears, leaving the stalk intact.
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Combine all the ingredients in a pan with about 1 litre of water, bring to a simmer .
Add the pears to this and poach the pears for about 2 hours or until tender.
Remove from the heat, allow to cool, keep covered for a couple of hours ,preferably overnight.
Remove the pears from syrup .
Boil the syrup until reduced to a sticky glaze, about 250ml.
Drizzle about 2 tablespoons of saffron glaze over the pears.
Serve with ice cream or cream.
Wow, that sure looks so elegant and stunning Vaishali…you always make anything and everything looks out of the world!..no wonder your son praised you like that!
I have never tried poaching method. This sounds so delicious. I have also chosen this theme but haven’t been able to figure out what to make. Will keep an eye on your dishes. Hopefully, will get some inspired ideas..
Beautiful pictures and those poached pears look absolutely stunning. Such an elegant Christmas dessert.
That’s classy Vaishali. I would definitely like to try this. Very nicely presented.
Your son seems to have it perfectly right. Those do look like the bets poached pears. I have seen and heard a lot about them but never had them. Now you are tempting me a lot….going off today to get some pears!
I have always thought that this is a great looking dessert. Your plating looks superb.
Such an eleegant dessert, omg that plating is definitely a real torture, feel like enjoying those poached pears.
This truly looks sinful and elegant. Never thought it could be so simple to make it 🙂
What a beautiful dish this is and love your pictures. The Poached pears just stand out and you have bought so much beauty to the dish through your pictures.
We loved the poached pears when I made it last year. It looks so beautiful.