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Quivira Vineyards is a small, family owned winery located in the heart of Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley.
Committed to expressing the unique terroir of Dry Creek Valley, and through biodynamic processes, we craft wines from grapes grown on the estate's vineyards. |
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Poached Pears with Stilton Sauce
Serves 4
From the kitchen of Holly Wendt, Proprietor
INGREDIENTS
- 4 Pears, firm and ripe
- 2 1/4 cups Quivira Zinfandel
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Stilton Sauce:
- 2 Tbsp. Sugar
- 1 large Egg yolk
- 1/3 cup Milk
- 1/3 cup Crumbled Stilton cheese
- 1/4 tsp. Vanilla
DIRECTIONS
- Peel pears leaving stems. Cores may be removed from bottom with a small spoon.
- Bring wine and sugar to a boil.
- Add pears and simmer until just tender when pierced with a toothpick.
- Turn pears occasionally while cooking.
- Cooking can take 10 - 30 min., depending on ripeness.
- Remove pears and boil syrup to reduce to about 1/2 cup.
- Pour syrup over pears and chill thoroughly.
- In a bowl whisk sugar and egg yolk together.
- Heat milk until scalding and whisk into egg and sugar.
- Return to pan and cook over medium-low heat until mixture coats spoon.
- Add Stilton and stir until cheese melts.
- Chill.
- To serve, coat pears with syrup and place each on a plate. Spoon syrup over half of pear, Stilton sauce over other Half.
WINE PAIRING
- Quivira's Zinfandel, Dieden Vineyard
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