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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring the mead, sugar, water, cinnamon sticks, and orange zest to a boil. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is syrupy. | 2. Reduce the heat to low, add the pears, and simmer, covered, for 25 to 35 minutes, or until the pears are tender. Turn the pears with tongs 2 or 3 times during cooking. | 3. Remove from the heat and let the pears let cool in the poaching liquid. | 4. Strain the liquid. | 5. In a small bowl, whisk together the mascarpone and blue cheese until blended. | 6. To serve, stand a pear in the center of each of 6 dessert plates, spoon some syrup over them, and place a dollop of the cheese mixture next to each. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bunratty mead	1 1/4	1/4		100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
sugar	3/4	cup	granulated	239.85	45.006	7.5075	3.7439999999999998
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	2 -3			-	-	-	-
orange zest	1		cut	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
bosc pear	6		firm peeled	1823.4435	438.1708	9.7976	2.4494
mascarpone cheese	4	ounces		100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
blue cheese	4	ounces		548.8462	5.4091	1.5536	57.9464

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.