Recipe 6: Poached Pears with Red wine

I am not a person who’d like to mix my loaf with liquor.

I am a die-hard foodie. The times when I diet are the hardest times ever in my life… harder than the breakups. And, in all honesty, I equally enjoy my happiness potions too. But, I never had a palate for food prepared with alcohol in it.

I always try hard to identify the taste of liquor in liquor-chocolates, rum in rum-cakes, and beer in beer battered prawns. But always fail miserably.

I mean, come on! Relishing a plateful of luscious prawns while drinking your beer makes things so convenient, right?

However, when the book instructed me to make poached pears with red wine, I took it as a challenge to my taste buds (yet again).

The highlight of this recipe was the poaching bit. In just two minutes after the wine started simmering, my entire house was filled with its awesome smell. The smell definitely excited my palate. And did not disappoint too.

The pears didn’t look as red as shown in the picture. However, tasted delicious. 

Sugar overpowered the taste of wine. But the perfectly soft pears took my heart away.

I don’t mind repeating this recipe in future. But, honestly speaking, would still prefer gulping down the wine straight from the bottle!

Cheers!