Sous Vide Red Wine-Poached Pears with Whipped Sour Cream and Candied Pistachios

Name: Sous Vide Red Wine-Poached Pears with Whipped Sour Cream and Candied Pistachios
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Europe, French
Ingredients: 1 , vanilla bean; 1 750 milliliter bottle, dry red wine; ¾ cup, sugar; ½ teaspoon, black peppercorns, cracked; 6 , whole cloves; 1 , cinnamon stick; ⅛ teaspoon, salt; 6 , ripe but firm Bosc or Bartlett pears, peeled, halved, and cored; ½ cup, pistachios, chopped coarse; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 1 tablespoons, honey; ¼ cup, heavy cream; 1 tablespoons, sugar; ¼ cup, sour cream

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Desserts or Baked Goods

Old school is still cool. And when it comes to desserts, there are few dishes more retro than poached pears.

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SERVES6

TIMESous vide: 30 to 60 minutes; active cooking time: 30 minutes, plus resting and chilling time

Sous Vide Temperature176°F/80°C

Sous Vide Red Wine-Poached Pears with Whipped Sour Cream and Candied Pistachios

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Sous Vide for Everybody

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This French dessert features just-ripe pears poached gently in an intensely sweet, boozy syrup. Served hot or cold, the fruit practically melts in your mouth, perfect with ice cream or crème fraîche. Typically, most recipes call for simmeri...

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