Poached Pears With Blackberry Honey Crème Fraiche

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Poached Pears With Blackberry Honey Crème Fraiche

Food Ingredients:
For the pears: 1 cup 100% pure honey 6 large pears 1 bottle Pinot Noir or Cabernet Sauvignon 2 cinnamon sticks 6 black peppercorns 1 orange 1 lemon For the blackberry honey crème fraiche: 8 ounces crème fraiche 1/2 cup 100% pure honey 2 baskets sweet fresh blackberries 6 large mint leaves

Recipe preparation:
1 Bring the wine and 1 liter of water to a boil then lower to medium heat. Cut the lemon and orange in half and squeeze into the poaching liquid removing the seeds. Add the 100% pure honey, cinnamon sticks and peppercorns. 2 Carefully peel the pears leaving the stem on. Gently drop the pears into the poaching liquid and cook for about 1 hour until a paring knife can be inserted into the center of the pear. Remove the pears from the liquid, drain and refrigerate. 3 Put half of the crème fraiche and ¼ cup of the 100% pure honey and 1 basket of the blackberries into a blender. Gently pulse until blended. Pass the mixture through a sieve and refrigerate. 4 Mix the remaining crème fraiche with the remaining honey. On a plate, place the chilled pear standing up in the center of each plate and drizzle the 2 flavors of crème fraiche and sprinkle the whole berries around the pear. Next to the stem, insert 1 mint leaf.

Recipe source: Foodista recipe