Marsala Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cheese

If you have roughly 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Marsala Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cheese might be a tremendous gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 845 calories, 5g of protein, and 26g of fat each. For $3.1 per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 166 people have tried and liked this recipe. It is brought to you by Cookin Canuck. Head to the store and pick up sugar, mascarpone cheese, vanilla bean, and a few other things to make it today. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 16%. Try Marsala Poached Pears, Red Wine Poached Pears with Mascarpone Filling, and Pomegranate-Poached Pears with Orange-Ginger Mascarpone Whipped Cream for similar recipes.

Servings: 4

 

Ingredients:

1 cup marsala wine

8 oz. mascarpone cheese, room temperature

1 orange, zested in 1” strips, white pith removed

4 Harry & David Royal Riviera® Pears, peeled, stemmed, cored and quartered

2 cups. sugar

1 vanilla bean

1 cup water

Equipment:

sauce pan

Cooking instruction summary:

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, marsala, water and orange zest. Cut vanilla bean in half, lengthwise, and scrape inside of pod into saucepan. Add vanilla pod and cloves. Bring to a gentle simmer. Add Harry & David Royal Riviera® Pears to simmering liquid and cover with parchment. Poach gently until pears are tender. This time will vary depending on ripeness of pears. Cool pears in the refrigerator or at room temperature. Store in refrigerator until ready to use. To serve, place 4 pieces (quarters) of pear on each of four plates with poaching liquid drizzled over fruit. Dollop 2 ounces of mascarpone next to each pear and serve with a glass of vin santo.

 

Step by step:


1. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, marsala, water and orange zest.

2. Cut vanilla bean in half, lengthwise, and scrape inside of pod into saucepan.

3. Add vanilla pod and cloves. Bring to a gentle simmer.

4. Add Harry & David Royal Riviera® Pears to simmering liquid and cover with parchment. Poach gently until pears are tender. This time will vary depending on ripeness of pears. Cool pears in the refrigerator or at room temperature. Store in refrigerator until ready to use. To serve, place 4 pieces (quarters) of pear on each of four plates with poaching liquid drizzled over fruit. Dollop 2 ounces of mascarpone next to each pear and serve with a glass of vin santo.


Nutrition Information:

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845k Calories
4g Protein
25g Total Fat
137g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
845k
42%

Fat
25g
40%

  Saturated Fat
15g
99%

Carbohydrates
137g
46%

  Sugar
121g
135%

Cholesterol
56mg
19%

Sodium
42mg
2%

Alcohol
9g
51%

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Protein
4g
10%

Fiber
5g
23%

Vitamin A
850IU
17%

Vitamin C
11mg
14%

Calcium
107mg
11%

Copper
0.19mg
10%

Manganese
0.16mg
8%

Potassium
270mg
8%

Vitamin K
7µg
7%

Magnesium
19mg
5%

Vitamin B2
0.08mg
5%

Folate
13µg
3%

Iron
0.54mg
3%

Vitamin B6
0.06mg
3%

Phosphorus
27mg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin B3
0.44mg
2%

Zinc
0.24mg
2%

Selenium
1µg
2%

Vitamin E
0.22mg
1%

Vitamin B5
0.12mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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Food Trivia

Perhaps as a relic of an ancient Roman custom of planting parsley on graves, a sprig of parsley was either associated with the devil or as an antidote for poison. Adding a sprig to a plate of food may have originated as a gesture of good faith and as way to safeguard the meal from evil.

Food Joke

A lawyer, a fervent Democrat dressed in casual clothes, sits down to have his lunch in a park across from his office. The he notices a very distinguished and dignified man sit down a few feet away on the grass; he extremely well dressed in a tailored Hickey Freeman pinstriped suit, silk tie, starched white shirt, cuff links, tiepin, Rolex, highly polished black wingtips and silk socks. He places his expensive briefcase next to him and prepares for lunch. "One of those Republicans, I’ll bet" thought the lawyer, and after introducing himself, he found out he is right – not only a Republican, but an investment banker. The lawyer glances at the banker’s shoes, glistening in the sunlight. Lawyer: You have those polished every day, don’t you. Investment Banker: Just about. I have to look good for the clients. Lawyer: What about the poor? A few shoeshine would pay for a lot food. Investment Banker: I help them through taxes, but we all have personal responsibility. Lawyer: I'm telling you, the poor only need a chance! We should be GIVING them money; they haven't had our advantages! Investment Banker: We all have to work for what we have. Lawyer: Look, poverty can happen to anyone! There's no way you can know that from where you sit! "Keep talking if you want to. When I sleep, nothing wakes me…and I mean NOTHING. "The investment banker sighs, then takes off his suit jacket, places it on the grass and falls deeply asleep. Then a barefoot homeless man appears, and asks the lawyer for change. The lawyer apologizes, and says he has nothing, but then he sees the investment banker's wallet in his suit pocket. He slips it out, and hands it to the homeless man; then he notices that the homeless man needs shoes. The he has an idea…he looks over at the feet of the sleeping investment banker… "Wait!" cries the lawyer. "I'm sure you need these more than he does." He then starts to untie the investment banker's polished wingtips and carefully pulls them off. Even more carefully, he pulls off his black dress socks and hands both shoes and socks to the astonished homeless man. "With my compliments!" Then the lawyer sees a sad woman with a baby walking by. "Can I help you?" he asks her. When he finds out that she needs money for her rent, the lawyer again approaches the snoring – and now barefoot - investment banker and removes his cuff links; then he slips the tiepin out of the silk tie and the Rolex off his wrist. He hands them all to the delighted woman. "Sell these!" the lawyer cries. "Oh, thank you sir" says the delighted woman, and runs off. Next, a man in a janitor's uniform walks by, looking dejected. "What's the matter, my friend?" says the lawyer sympathetically. "I..lost my job. I have a chance for a better one, but I don't have the clothes! This is all I have!" and he holds up a pair of old polyester pants. The lawyer sighs, and then sees the businessman's pinstriped suit jacket. "Would this help?" he asks the man. "Sure!" cries the man. "You could use a briefcase, too!" says the lawyer and opens up the investment banker's briefcase. He removes the contents and hands it to the joyful man. Then he looks at the investment banker's silk tie and white shirt. Can he manage it? He has to move the investment banker a few times, but he only snores and sleeps. Then he undoes the banker's belt and pulls it off. Triumphantly he hands the shirt, belt and tie to the man. "Wait" the lawyer cries. "You really need a full suit. Give me a hand and I’ll need those polyester pants. I’m getting good at this" and with great care and trouble, set to work. Ten minutes later, the sleeping investment banker was wearing the polyester pants and the man was staring happily at his tailored suit. He thanks the lawyer profusely and runs off. "How good it is to help people!" he says to himself. Twenty minutes later, a policeman walks up to the investment banker, and snaps: "Hey buddy, wake up, no loitering! We don't allow bums to sleep here" Finally the investment banker wakes up with a start and looks down at him.

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