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Pomegranate Poached Pears with Pomegranate Gelato
Ingredients
- Pomegranate Gelato2 cups pure pomegranate juice
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar, to taste
- 1/2 cup mascarpone (crme fraiche or yogurt work as well)
- Pomegranate Poached Pears1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
- 1 1/2 oz granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 oz water
- 3/4 cup port
- 4 d'Anjou pears, peeled and cored
- 4 sprigs fresh mint
Directions
- Pomegranate GelatoIn a saucepan, reduce 2 cups of pomegranate juice down to 1 cup over low heat.
- Freeze the reduced pomegranate juice in an ice-cube tray (individual cubes will freeze faster).
- Put the frozen pomegranate cubes in a food processor with 1/4 cup sugar and grind briefly. Add the mascarpone (or chosen substitute) and pulse until the mixture is smooth.
- Transfer the mixture into a small container and freeze again for 20 to 30 minutes before serving. You can pulse the gelato briefly in the food processor if it's too frozen.
- Pomegranate Poached PearsCombine pomegranate juice, sugar, water, and port in a small saucepan and bring the mixture to a low simmer.
- Submerge the pears in the pomegranate-port mixture until tender. Remove from heat and let them cool in the poaching liquid. Remove the pears when cool and set them aside at room temperature; reserve poaching liquid.
- Warm the reserved poaching liquid. Cut the pears in half. Place the warm liquid onto a bowl or plate and place one pear half in the center.
- Scoop pomegranate gelato into the center of the pear, and present the other pear half at an angle on top. Garnish with a fresh mint leaf.
Nutrition Facts
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