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Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly

March 19, 2017 by Food For Net

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Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly Recipe

Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly Fill your home with the inviting fragrance of this dessert dish. A perfectly light and refreshing ending to any hearty meal. 2 Pieces Pears (peeled)1 Cup Water1/2 Cup White Sugar2 Tablespoons Ginger (thinly sliced)3 Stalks Lemongrass (bruised)6-8 Pods Green Cardamom5 Pieces Star Anise1 Tablespoon Black Peppercorns1/2 Tablespoon Unflavored Gelatin Powder Combine water, sugar, ginger, lemongrass, cardamom, star anise, and black pepercorns in a sauce pot and simmer for five minutes. Leave to cool and strain.Peel the pears and put in a sous vide bag together with the spiced ginger syrup.Poach in a…
Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly
Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly
2017-03-19
Food For Net
These pears were really tender with just the perfect crunch to every bite. The spiced jelly gave the dish the texture contrast it needed.

Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly

Speed - 97%
Simplicity - 96%
Tastiness - 95%

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Excellent!

These pears were really tender with just the perfect crunch to every bite. The spiced jelly gave the dish the texture contrast it needed.

User Rating: 3.55 ( 2 votes)

Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly

Fill your home with the inviting fragrance of this dessert dish. A perfectly light and refreshing ending to any hearty meal.

Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 2 Pieces Pears peeled
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Ginger thinly sliced
  • 3 Stalks Lemongrass bruised
  • 6-8 Pods Green Cardamom
  • 5 Pieces Star Anise
  • 1 Tablespoon Black Peppercorns
  • 1/2 Tablespoon Unflavored Gelatin Powder

Instructions

  • Combine water, sugar, ginger, lemongrass, cardamom, star anise, and black pepercorns in a sauce pot and simmer for five minutes. Leave to cool and strain.
  • Peel the pears and put in a sous vide bag together with the spiced ginger syrup.
  • Poach in a water bath pre-heated to 180F for two hours.
  • Submerge the cooked pears in an ice bath.
  • Transfer poaching liquid into a sauce pot. Add gelatin and heat until near boiling.
  • Pour gelatin into a mold and refrigerate to set
  • Serve poached pears with jelly and light syrup or ice cream.
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Poached pears may be one of the easiest desserts to pull off, requiring very little preparation. Just peel a couple of pears, shove them into a pot, cover them in some flavored liquid. The problem is, if you're doing just a few, you may need a lot of liquid to get them fully submerged. Also, you'll have to watch out for evaporation, which may lead to uneven cooking, and this can make the task really tedious.

Pretty similar to marinating meat, you'll get a more even distribution, given just a little amount of liquid, if poaching these pears in a bag – with sous vide cooking, this of course is possible.

Okay, so let's make a flavored poaching broth. A simple syrup will do, but I've infused mine with some fresh-flavored spices. Ginger, lemongrass, star anise, black peppercorns, and green cardamom pods would certainly give a fragrance that will perfectly complement the light flavor of pears.

We're infusing these spices within a relatively short amount of time, so be sure to prepare them accordingly – slice the gingers thin and bruise those lemongrass stalks a bit.

While the spices in the pot are simmering, have your pears ready. Peel them and optionally buff them off lightly with some kitchen pads if you want smoother surfaces. Have a bowl of acidulated water to keep the pears from oxidizing. A tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar should be enough to treat a bowl of water.

Pre-heat your water bath to 180F. Don't have an immersion circulator? Check out our reviews of the best immersion circulators. It includes some inexpensive options, premium options, and everything in between.

Get the pears and poaching liquid into a sous vide bag. Though unnecessary, straining your liquid will keep those spices from possibly blemishing the pears.

I ended up with barely a cup of poaching liquid. Something totally impossible with poaching pears the traditional way.

Get the bag submerged in the pot, cooking them for about 2 hours. This cooking time would totally depend on the ripeness state of the pears you're using. You may want to check after about an hour and a half. Just raise the bag out of the water and press lightly on the pears. They should feel tender enough but should still easily hold their structure.

When the pears are done, you may actually serve them right away, with that syrup in the bag as an excellent topping.

I tried getting a bit fancy(thinking presentation) so I took that liquid left in the bag, reduced it a bit in a saucepan, and set it with some gelatine powder.

Pour the jelly into a mold or directly into your serving containers and give it a few minutes to set. You may also put it inside the refrigerator to speed things up.

Serve the pears with this jelly and whatever addition you like. A simple syrup, some whipped cream, ice cream are all good options.

These pears turned out really tender but still with a bit of crunch.

I really don't do poached pears a lot due to the large quantity of poaching liquid I have to prepare. Now that there's a more economical way, I may serve this dessert much more often.

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Ginger Tea Sous Vide Pears with Spiced Jelly

Fill your home with the inviting fragrance of this dessert dish. A perfectly light and refreshing ending to any hearty meal.

Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 2 Pieces Pears peeled
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Ginger thinly sliced
  • 3 Stalks Lemongrass bruised
  • 6-8 Pods Green Cardamom
  • 5 Pieces Star Anise
  • 1 Tablespoon Black Peppercorns
  • 1/2 Tablespoon Unflavored Gelatin Powder

Instructions

  • Combine water, sugar, ginger, lemongrass, cardamom, star anise, and black pepercorns in a sauce pot and simmer for five minutes. Leave to cool and strain.
  • Peel the pears and put in a sous vide bag together with the spiced ginger syrup.
  • Poach in a water bath pre-heated to 180F for two hours.
  • Submerge the cooked pears in an ice bath.
  • Transfer poaching liquid into a sauce pot. Add gelatin and heat until near boiling.
  • Pour gelatin into a mold and refrigerate to set
  • Serve poached pears with jelly and light syrup or ice cream.
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Category: Dessert, Original Recipes, Sous VideTag: Fruit, Jelly, Pears, Sous Vide Recipes
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  1. Linda

    December 5, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    5 stars
    This was so easy and turned out perfectly. I love the jelly. Thank you for sharing.

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