This is an easy and elegant dessert
1 quart water
1 1/3 cup sugar
4 pears
cinnamon stick
Get some parchment paper ready to cut into a round shape
Fold the parchment paper into a triangle and folding over again
Measure the pot and cut off the excess
You now have a round shape to cover the pears in the pot… yay
Add the water, sugar and cinnamon to a saucepan, heat until the sugar is dissolved
Pick out some pears
Peel the pears
Add whole pears to the saucepan
Cover with parchment paper and simmer the pears until cooked through (knife goes in easily). This will take 15 to 25 minutes
Remove the pears and let cool
To core: cut a pear in half, take a spoon, scoop and pull out the core
Core all the pears
For a fancy dessert plate whole with reduced sauce. It looks even more fancy when poached in red wine
Plate them cut open with ice cream, reduced sauce and chocolate syrup…yum!
You can plate them sliced or use for something like pear tart
Go check out my pear tart at http://www.hauntedchef.com/2011/10/10/pear-tart/
To keep: refrigerate in their own syrup