Mulled wine poached pears with orange

Name: Mulled wine poached pears with orange
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 firm pears, peeled with stalks left on; 500ml red wine; 100g caster sugar; 1 orange, peeled in strips; 2 cinnamon sticks; 4 cloves; 2 star anise; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tbsp cold water

Soft pears simmered in spiced red wine until deep ruby. Make ahead and serve cold or warm.

Time50 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.04 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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4firm pearspeeled with stalks left on
500 mlred wine
100 gcaster sugar
1orangepeeled in strips
2cinnamon sticks
4cloves
2star anise
1 tbspcornflour
1 tbspcold water

Method

1
Put the wine, sugar, orange peel and spices in a pan that holds the pears snugly. Warm until the sugar dissolves.
2
Stand the pears in the pan. Simmer gently, turning now and then, for 25 minutes until a knife slides in.
25 min
3
Lift the pears out onto a plate.
4
Mix the cornflour with the water and stir into the wine. Boil hard for 5 minutes until syrupy.
5 min
5
Strain the syrup, spoon over the pears and serve warm or chilled.

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