Smoke-Infused Red-Wine-Poached Pears

There is thing clean- and fresh-tasting astir pears successful autumn. The purity of their spirit and their signifier marque for a melodramatic dessert, arsenic anyone who has served poached pears tin attest. This look borrows connected the basal poaching idea, utilizing reddish alternatively than achromatic vino for color, and gives the effect a punch of fume to evoke an outdoorsy vibe.

Bartlett, Anjou and Bosc pears enactment good here. You'll request to soak 1 cupful of pome wood chips successful h2o for an hour.

Serve connected their ain oregon with sweetened cheese, specified arsenic mascarpone, oregon vanilla crystal cream.

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Ingredients

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Tested by Jeff Donald.