Name: Vanilla, Cinnamon & White Wine Poached Pears with Yogurt
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 4 medium (about 2 pounds total) firm-ripe Bosc pears; 1.5 cups (12 ounces) Sauvignon Blanc or other dry white wine; 1.5 cups water; 0.25 cup granulated sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 (3 inch) orange peel strips; 1 vanilla bean pod, split; 0.5 cup vanilla whole-milk Greek yogurt

Vanilla, Cinnamon & White Wine Poached Pears with Yogurt

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Slightly sweet, tender pears are paired with a lovely vanilla-, cinnamon- and orange-infused golden syrup. The (literal) icing on the cake is a dollop of creamy vanilla yogurt in the bottom of the bowl. This very elegant dessert is also calorie-conscious and brimming with fiber. If you want to dress up your poached pears, they can be topped with a variety of items, like granola, crushed cookies, chopped nuts, whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Karen Rankin

Updated on June 19, 2020

Prep Time:

40 mins

Additional Time:

30 mins

Total Time:

1 hr 10 mins

Servings:

Yield:

4 servings

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Ingredients

4 medium (about 2 pounds total) firm-ripe Bosc pears
1 ½ cups (12 ounces) Sauvignon Blanc or other dry white wine
1 ½ cups water
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 (3 inch) orange peel strips
1 vanilla bean pod, split
½ cup vanilla whole-milk Greek yogurt

Directions

Peel pears; discard skins. Using a tablespoon measure or a melon baller, core pears from their bottoms (remove the seeds, but leave the pears intact). Set aside.
Stir together wine, water, sugar, cinnamon stick and orange peel strips in a medium saucepan. Scrape split vanilla bean pods into mixture; add scraped pods. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Arrange pears on their sides in wine mixture; reduce heat to medium, and cover. Cook, turning pears occasionally to cook evenly all over, until pears are tender, about 30 minutes. Gently remove pears from wine mixture liquid; increase heat to high, and cook, undisturbed, until liquid reduces to about 3/4 cup and turns slightly syrupy, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Remove and discard cinnamon stick and orange peel strips from syrup. Let syrup cool slightly, about 20 minutes.
Place 2 tablespoons yogurt in the bottom of each of 4 shallow bowls. Top each with 1 poached pear; spoon 3 tablespoons syrup over each pear. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

276	Calories
1g	Fat
51g	Carbs
3g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 4
Serving Size 1 pear, 3 tablespoons syrup, 2 tablespoons yogurt
Calories 276
% Daily Value *
Total Carbohydrate 51g	19%
Dietary Fiber 7g	25%
Total Sugars 37g
Added Sugars 13g	26%
Protein 3g	6%
Total Fat 1g	1%
Saturated Fat 1g	5%
Sodium 18mg	1%
Calcium 49mg	4%
Potassium 263mg	6%

Nutrition information is calculated by a registered dietitian using an ingredient database but should be considered an estimate.

* Daily Values (DVs) are the recommended amounts of nutrients to consume each day. Percent Daily Value (%DV) found on nutrition labels tells you how much a serving of a particular food or recipe contributes to each of those total recommended amounts. Per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the daily value is based on a standard 2,000 calorie diet. Depending on your calorie needs or if you have a health condition, you may need more or less of particular nutrients. (For example, it’s recommended that people following a heart-healthy diet eat less sodium on a daily basis compared to those following a standard diet.)

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a special diet for medical reasons, be sure to consult with your primary care provider or a registered dietitian to better understand your personal nutrition needs.