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A dish that radiates Christmas, winter, and warmth. When cooking this recipe, you can already smell Christmas. Cinnamon, star anise, and red wine (with or without alcohol). This recipe makes the cold, dark days of the year a lot warmer and more bearable.
Besides eating stewed pears at dinner, the dish is also suitable for use in all kinds of other recipes. For example, you can easily make a delicious stewed pear crumble by baking the stewed pears under a crumble dough in the oven.
Which Pears Are Suitable for Making Stewed Pears?
The Gieser Wildeman pear variety is very suitable for stewing. The pear was cultivated by Mr. Wildeman around 1850. It is not tasty to eat the pear raw. After stewing, the pear is deliciously sweet. In addition, when it is fully ripe, the pear takes on the color of the liquid in which it is stewed.
Usually, the pear is stewed in red wine, port, or grape juice. Since I am still breastfeeding, we naturally did not use alcohol when making the stewed pears. This time, we used alcohol-free red wine.
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Supplies
- Large pan
- Peeler
Ingredients
- Gieser Wildeman pears
- Brown sugar, star anise, and cinnamon sticks to taste
- Grape or berry juice, (alcohol-free) port, red wine, or mulled wine.
How to Cook
Peel the pears, leaving the stems intact so that you can hold the pears by them. I also thought it looked prettier this way! Place the pears in a pan that is large enough. Fill the pan with the alcohol-free wine or one of the other options. Finally, add the cinnamon sticks, brown sugar, and star anise.
Bring the pears to a boil and let them simmer for several hours. The longer you let the pears simmer, the softer they will become. After about 3 hours, I found the pears to be soft enough.
The pears are now ready to eat or to be further processed. We enjoyed a few pears and froze the rest (including the juice) for later.
Tips
- Do not throw away the cooking liquid! This liquid is bursting with flavor. Use it in your dishes or serve it with the pears.
- You can eat the pears immediately, or cook some of the juice down and serve the pears in it. Depending on how long you cook down the juice, you will get a delicious thick sauce that makes your pears even more flavorful!
- Make a “stewed pear crumble” in no time by covering the stewed pears with crumble dough and baking them in the oven.
Stewed pears
A dish that radiates Christmas, winter, and warmth. When cooking this recipe, you can already smell Christmas. Cinnamon, star anise, and red wine (with or without alcohol). This recipe makes the cold, dark days of the year a lot warmer and more bearable.
Ingredients
- Gieser Wildeman pears
- Brown sugar, star anise, and cinnamon sticks to taste
- Grape or berry juice, (alcohol-free) port, red wine, or mulled wine
Instructions
- Peel the pears, leaving the stems intact so that you can hold the pears by them. I also thought it looked prettier this way!
- Place the pears in a pan that is large enough. Fill the pan with the alcohol-free wine or one of the other options.
- Finally, add the cinnamon sticks, brown sugar and star anise.
- Bring the pears to a boil and let them simmer for several hours. The longer you let the pears simmer, the softer they will become.
- After about 3 hours, I found the pears to be soft enough. The pears are now ready to eat or to be further processed.
Notes
- Do not throw away the cooking liquid! This liquid is bursting with flavor. Use it in your dishes or serve it with the pears.
- You can eat the pears immediately, or cook some of the juice down and serve the pears in it. Depending on how long you cook down the juice, you will get a delicious thick sauce that makes your pears even more flavorful!
- Make a "stewed pear crumble" in no time by covering the stewed pears with crumble dough and baking them in the oven.
This post may contain one or more affiliate links, which means I will get a small commission when you buy a product via the provided link at no cost to you! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. See my full disclaimer here.