Has it been a week already? Yep, I guess so. That means it’s time for another French Fridays with Dorie and this week it was Spiced-Poached Pears (or Apples). I used apples pears. Duh. Pears.
Notes:
1. I thought the syrup was really, really sweet. I added a little dry white wine to it while the pears were poaching.
2. I couldn’t find a cinnamon stick, so I used about 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
3. Ideally, there would have been some vanilla frozen yogurt in the freezer, but there was not. So, I put a tiny scoop of creamy goat cheese in the indentation of each poached pear half. I thought this was really good! The answer to any question? Add cheese.
4. I finished with a garnish of lightly toasted, slivered almonds.
5. Oh my, I just realized that I completely did this wrong. I didn’t see in the recipe where it said to add water to the poaching liquid! I thought it was weird to just poach in the sugar, honey and orange + lemon juice, but hey, I thought, must be a French thing? So funny! Note to self: Do not attempt to make FFwD recipes late at night when you are tired.
Okay, here’s a link to everyone’s posts and my photos below.
All of the syrup components together in a pot. EXCEPT THE WATER!@#!
Pears! Mine were super ripe, so I cut the poaching time to about 6-7 minutes.
Peeled, halved and reading for poaching.
Poaching away. At the last minute, I decided to only use 2 pears due to the size of my pot.
Sitting in the syrup, cooling down.
Ready to eat with goat cheese and almonds.
Poached pears with gorgonzola cheese is one of my favorite things in the world, so I can totally see this working with goat cheese. Really, anything involving cheese is A-OK in my book.
Eileen: Yep! Bring on the cheese!
The cheese addition was very inspired. It should have been mandatory with the recipe!
I agree, too sweet. I wish I was thinking straight and added wine. Love the idea of the goat cheese, definitely should be served with something that is not sweet.
Your pears look so yummy…I love the addition of the almonds and goat cheese I wish I thought of that. I did find the syrup too sweet, also…and I too, added some white wine….great minds!! Lovely photos!!
Looks like you ended up with a nice syrup after all! I love the idea of goat cheese with this.
Goat cheese and almonds sounds wonderful. Great idea:)
Yes! I think I would really love that goat cheese with these. For sure. And the almonds too! Sounds sublime in fact. ( Maybe that goat cheese tart even that we made a long time ago? )
Love your persistence and creativity! You did a great job!
yes, unexpected results can happen when baking/cooking while overly tired. looks like your pears were definitely edible though, and the addition of goat cheese and almonds is inspired!
That cheese addition sounds divine. The vanilla ice cream I used worked pretty darn well too but involved copious amounts of guilt
. Nana and I both did enjoy the pear renditions we made – great recipe indeed.
Even with the water, I found the syrup a little sweet. I ended up with applesauce as the apples disintegrated, but I just picked up pears for a redo. I just love your cheese and nut additions, so I’ll copy that idea when serving.