Chai Poached Pears Stuffed With Ginger Mascarpone
Recipe: #28555
November 01, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Pear, Christmas Romantic Dinner, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Vegetarian, more
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Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (840.7 g)
- Calories 619
- Total Fat - 11.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.8 g
- Cholesterol - 36.4 mg
- Sodium - 233 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 125.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.4 g
- Sugars - 116.3 g
- Protein - 8.9 g
- Calcium - 315.2 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 62.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Infuse tea in boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes depending.
Step 2
Place in large pot and add sugar. Bring mixture to just under a boil.
Step 3
Once sugar has dissolved add peeled and cored pears and reduce heat to a simmer.
Step 4
Poach pears for 15 to 20 minutes or until soft. Reserve poaching liquid. Cool to room temperature.
Step 5
Mix cheese, vanilla and ginger with a fork.
Step 6
Add 2 tablespoons of poaching liquid to cheese mixture so that it is soft enough to pipe.
Step 7
Place mixture in a piping bag and fill the holes in the pears.
Step 8
Place 1 cup of poaching liquid and orange zest in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil.
Step 9
In a separate pot combine cream and honey and heat until warm.
Step 10
When warm add cream mixture slowly to poaching liquid.
Step 11
To serve place 1 pear on a plate. Spoon sauce around the pear.
Step 12
Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg and a fresh sprig of mint.
Tips
No special items needed.