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Pear compote with white wine

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 800 g pear(s), fully ripe
  • some lemon juice
  • 500 ml white wine
  • 1 vanilla pod(s)
  • 1 lemon(s), untreated, zest
  • 4 cl schnapps (fruit brandy)
  • 40 g pine nuts

Instructions

Working time approx. 5 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 5 minutes; Total time approx. 10 minutes

Chop the peeled and cored pears and drizzle with lemon juice. Simmer the wine, split vanilla pod, and lemon zest for a few minutes. Add the pears to the liquid, let them steep briefly, then remove them from the liquid and reduce the liquid a little further. Season with schnapps, pour over the fruit, and chill. Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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