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Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
Red wine–poached pears—poire à la Beaujolaise—are a classic French dessert that’s easy to prepare but elegant enough for a dinner party. Cooking the pears in red wine with cinnamon, cloves, black peppercorns, and star anise infuses the fruit and poaching liquid with a warm, spiced flavor, and reducing the poaching liquid creates a sweet, flavorful glaze to serve the fruit with.


