a pair of pears

poached pears. scanning my files for an elegant dessert when i don’t like making desserts came up with poached pears. it’s super simple and pretty damn good. made in advance & served at room temp makes it even better for a no-stress delight. i would recommend cutting the h2o in half (especially if you are poaching only two pears) so the syrup will be thicker. take 40 and do it, here’s how:

honey poached pears

½ orange
½  lemon
2 cups h2o
½ cup honey (local!)
¼ cup sugar
1-2 cinnamon sticks or ¼ teaspoon ground
2-4 pears, firm & with the stem & peeled

in a sauce pan, just big enough to fit the whole pears on their side in, peel zest from orange and lemon, add the juice from those citrus with all ingredients except the pears and boil for 5 minutes.

meanwhile, peel pears and add to poaching liquid and partially cover for 40 minutes.

remove from heat and cover with a circle of wax paper until you are ready to use.

serve at room temp with vanilla ice cream!