{"id":510,"date":"2009-12-23T19:17:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T19:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=510"},"modified":"2009-12-23T19:17:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T19:17:44","slug":"christmas-poached-pears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2009\/12\/23\/christmas-poached-pears\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Poached Pears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-511\" title=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo3.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo3.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI have cooked these for clients three times in the last month, and each time they have been a knockout. Just about as Christmassy as it gets without entering the lairs of stodge and flatulence, and incredibly easy.<\/p>\n<p>Serves 6<\/p>\n<p>300ml Port (LBV or Tawny)<br \/>\n700ml water<br \/>\n500g caster sugar<br \/>\nJuice of half a lemon<br \/>\nA stick of cinnamon<br \/>\nA few cardamom pods<br \/>\nSmall handful of star anise<br \/>\n3 cloves<br \/>\n6 pears<br \/>\nCreme fraiche<\/p>\n<p>Put the port, water, sugar, lemon juice and spices into a saucepan. Stir to dissolve the sugar and put over a medium heat.<\/p>\n<p>Peel the pears, trimming their bases so they sit flat on a plate. Plop into the saucepan, bring to a simmer and cover. Lower the heat and simmer for 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the pears and reduce the syrup by 1\/3. Serve hot or cold with creme fraiche.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-515\" title=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo4.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo4.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/photo4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Otherwise you can put them in sterilised jars and give them out as (probably, by now, late) Christmas presents. They&#8217;ll keep for a couple of weeks in a refrigerator, and are delicious with blue cheese.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too late to participate in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2009\/12\/04\/a-christmas-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Challenge<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; votes close at midnight tonight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-510\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">0<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">0<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have cooked these for clients three times in the last month, and each time they have been a knockout. Just about as Christmassy as it gets without entering the lairs of stodge and flatulence, and incredibly easy. Serves 6 300ml Port (LBV or Tawny) 700ml water 500g caster sugar Juice of half a lemon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[173,231,611,625,637,733],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zdji-8e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}