new poached pears post

Author: mugulmd

_posts/2025-10-21-poached-pears.md

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+layout: post
+title:  "poached pears"
+date:   2025-10-28 22:05:00 +0200
+categories: food
+---
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+Requires very little work, makes your kitchen smell great, tastes delicious, and you may even have a few vitamins left in there (not 100% sure about that, would need to double check). Convincing intro: done.
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+First, let's make the syrup: 1L of water, 200g of sugar, and a splash of cider vinegar (for preservation I guess?). Let it boil for 5 minutes (to make the kitchen gods happy I guess?).
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+And now, let's start another task concurrently: `asyncio.create_task(peel_and_cut_pears)`. Sorry, bad geek joke, I won't do it again I promise.
+
+So, let's peel the pears, cut them in half and remove the non-edible bits.
+Some people prefer to just do the peeling and keep the whole pears intact.
+I think that's stupid: yes the "whole pear" thing is very instagram-friendly, but you leave the painful burden of removing the non-edible bits **to your guests**, and they will have to do it **while they're eating** so you're basically ruining their moment.
+
+Put the pears in the syrup and let them simmer for 10-15 minutes, depending on ripeness.
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+Turn the heat off and let the whole thing cool down.
+It might take a few hours, but that's okay because you've anticipated this step and absolutely did not prepare these pears at the last minute.
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+Right before serving, melt some chocolate and pour it on top.
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+![result](/assets/poached-pears-00.avif)
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