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Poached pears in red and white wine

Giorgio Locatelli from Giorgio Locatelli Pure Italian
A deliciously indulgent dessert from Giorgio Locatelli - pears poached in white and red wine with Mascarpone ice cream

Poached pears in red and white wine

Method

1. Sprinkle the prepared pears with the lemon juice to prevent them from going brown.

2. Pour the white and red wines into two separate saucepans. Divide the remaining ingredients equally between each pan.

3. Put eight pear halves into each pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer briskly for15 minutes. Leave the pears to cool down in their cooking liquid, preferably overnight.

4. Drain the pears and set aside. Boil the two syrups separately until reduced. Pour into bowl and leave to cool.

5. When the syrups are cool, place some of each colour pear on serving plates and spoon the syrups over the top. Serve with a scoop of Mascarpone ice cream.

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Serves: 4-6

Prep: 25 min, plus cooling
Cook: 5 min

Ingredients
8 Pears, halved, peeled and cored
1 lemon, juice of
1 bottle Italian white wine, such as Orvieto
1 bottle Italian red wine, such as Barolo
1/2 cinnamon stick
6 star anise pods
200g Sugar
600ml water
40g Honey
1 vanilla pod, halved
Mascarpone Ice Cream, to serve