Pears baked in red wine

Name: Pears baked in red wine
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 pears, firm, peeled with stalks left on; 500ml red wine; 80g caster sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 cloves; 1 orange, zest peeled in strips

Whole pears baked until tender in spiced red wine, dark, glossy and elegant, a Piedmont classic.

Time1 hr
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.95 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

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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4pearsfirm, peeled with stalks left on
500 mlred wine
80 gcaster sugar
1cinnamon stick
3cloves
1orangezest peeled in strips

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan).
2
Stand the pears upright in a snug pan or baking dish.
3
Warm the wine, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and orange zest in a pan until the sugar dissolves, then pour around the pears.
4
Bake for 40 minutes, spooning the wine over once or twice, until the pears are tender.
40 min
5
Lift out the pears and boil the wine in a pan for 10 minutes until syrupy.
10 min
6
Serve the pears with the syrup spooned over.

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