Poached Pears For Two

This is one of my favorite side dishes for fall using fresh ripe pears.

When I was a kid we had a pear tree that was prolific (Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance). We also had an Irish Setter who loved to eat those pears, bees and all.

I loved those pears!

In 2013 we installed an orchard at our farm. We of course included pear trees. We did get some pears a few times, but the squirrels got most of them.

By 2024 most of the orchard is gone, between the deer, and droughts, lack of care through the pandemic, all gone.

I actually haven’t had a good pear since I was a kid. Last week at our local Amish produce stand was a stack of nice looking Bartlett pears. One dollar a piece. I bought two.

This is one of my favorite side dishes for fall using fresh ripe pears.

Poached Pears Recipe

Oven or grill pre set to 375

Ingredients

2 ripe pears

1-3 oz blue cheese - to taste really - crumbled

1/2 c port wine

2-4 tbl honey again to taste

1 cinnamon stick

5 whole cloves

Instructions

Peel the pears. Slice in half. Using a melon ball tool, scoop out the seeds and pull off the stem.

In a skillet mix together the port and honey add the cinnamon stick and cloves . Place the sliced pears sliced side down into the honey port mixture in the pan.

Over medium heat poach the pears 7 - 10 minutes, depends on how ripe the pear is, you looking for a rosey color on the pear.

Flip the pears over for another 7-10 min.

Add the bits of blue cheese to the pear cavities.

Place skillet into oven to melt the cheese a bit.

Place pears in bowls.

Remove cinnamon stick and cloves from pan.

Pour sauce over the pears.

Enjoy!

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