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Poached pears in Sauternes
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Poached pears in Sauternes

10 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Poached pears in Sauternes

This classy dessert from Michel Roux is delicious, low in fat, and counts as one of your 5-a-day!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

338
Calories
3g
Protein
1g
Fat
80g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 6-12 ripe pears
  • 1 orange
  • 400ml/14fl oz Sauternes, or other medium sweet white wine
  • 750ml/1¼ pints water
  • 55g/2oz honey
  • 200g/7oz sugar
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 1 cinnamon
  • 4 cloves

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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