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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nPoaching refers to slow cooking in a large volume of simmering liquid. It's the same principle as poaching eggs, where eggs are dropped in a large volume of almost-boiling water to cook them. Poaching is a gentle way of cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For poaching, you want to choose a firm pear of a variety<\/strong> that holds its shape well during cooking and baking. You can use Bosc pears or Bartlett for poaching. Flemmish Beauty pears are also great for poaching. These pears keep their shape when heated, which makes them perfect for poaching in a light syrup or a wine syrup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don't poach pears that are overly ripe or too soft because they won't hold up to cooking as well and may break down too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I love to poach pears in a mixture of wine, sugar, water, and spices. This sweet wine syrup adds a ton of flavour to pears, and if you use red wine, the purple colour is gorgeous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can poach pears in any flavourful liquid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make poached pears, you first prepare a thin syrup or simple syrup of sugar and water. You can add wine and spices to make the poaching liquid more flavourful. Vanilla bean is also nice for this type of recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Make sure you prepare enough poaching liquid to fully immerse the pears. If the pears don't have enough liquid, you will have to keep turning the fruit every 5 to 10 minutes to ensure they poach evenly on all sides. You can fit a sheet of parchment over the simmering pears to hold in the heat and moisture, and to ensure they cook more evenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the poaching liquid is ready, all you have to do is peel and core a few pears, immerse them in the poaching syrup, and let them simmer for about 20 minutes or until they are fork tender, but not falling apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pear halves will take about 20 minutes to poach, whereas whole pears will take 30 to 45 minutes. You may need to cover the pot to avoid the syrup evaporating too much. And to keep the fruit immersed, you can use crumpled parchment paper pressed directly onto the surface of the liquid in the pot. This will also help minimize evaporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can strain the pears when they are cooked through and then boil down the poaching liquid to make a syrup to serve with the poached pears. It's the same principle for poached quince<\/a>, but quince take longer to cook through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Serve poached pears with blue cheese and nuts for a cheese course, or serve on top of a bed of greens for a fun salad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also serve poached pears with vanilla bean ice cream<\/a> or transform them into a pear pie<\/a>. Now that you know how to poach pears, what will you do with them?<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Ingredients](\"https:\/\/bakeschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ingredients-to-make-poached-pears.jpg\")
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