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Pears baked in red wine
Preparation info
- Difficulty
Easy
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Published 2025
The classic dark winter pudding and receptacle for thick cream. As pears get older or are underripe imports, here’s a perfect use for them. I enjoy lots of cloves but these are optional. What isn’t though is candles on the table when you serve these softly gleaming ruby pears.
Method
This is a dish rather different from the old favourite given above, in that in this recipe the fruit is not peeled. Initial preparations are therefore minimal.
Conference or Bon Chrétien pears are put whole into a casserole and covered in half red wine and half water with the addition of a tablespoon of sugar per