Red Wine Poached Pear

A simple dessert recipe that can change the way you indulge yourself

Ingredients

•   Red wine 5oo ml
•   Bartlett pear 2
•   Arugula lettuce 200 gm mixed with lemon vinaigrette dressing (25 ml)

Method

•   Peel and core the pears 
•   Cut into half
•    Pour red wine into a pan and soak pears in it
•    Keep it cooking on very slow flame (poaching) till pear gets tender from inside
•    Let it cool, slice thin and place it on arugula lettuce

Ingredients for dressing

•   Blue cheese 50 gm
•   Sour cream 200 ml
•   Salt a few pinches

METHOD

•   Crumble blue cheese very fine
•    Take sour cream in a bowl and mix it with blue cheese seasoning and drizzle it on top of the pear slices.

 — Recipe courtesy Chef Vikas Pathak,  blueFROG Bangalore