Sunday, September 17, 2006

Dessert Recipe - Wine Pear Recipe



Grape harvest begins all along the Mediterranean coast, and soon the grapes will hit the bottoms of the steel tanks and oak barrels. So, at this time of the year, what's better than a sweet easy dessert recipe with wine and fresh pears?

Ingredients

  • 2 firm big conference, blanquilla or similar pear variety.
  • 3 cups or 1 bottle of red wine.
  • 4.5 ounces or 125 gr brown or white sugar.
  • 1 stick cinnamon.


    How to prepare this wine pear recipe

  1. Wash the pears thoroughly.

  2. Peel the pears from the stem to the base. Do not discard the skin.

  3. Place the pears flat in a saucepan together with the skin, the red wine, the sugar, and the cinnamon.

  4. Bring the wine to a boil with the lid slighly ajar. Cook the pears until tender over a medium-low heat for about 45 minutes. The sugar converts slowly into caramel syrup. Be careful not to burn it, because this is what makes this wine pear recipe really delicious.

  5. When the pears have cooked for 20 to 25 minutes, turn them over with the help of two wood spoons very carefully.

  6. When the pears are tender, turn off heat and set them aside.

  7. Put some teaspoons of caramel on two dishes and a whole pear on each. Pour the rest of the caramel over the pears.

  8. If you are in a party mood or want to impress some friends with this wine pear recipe, you can serve the pears with almond or cinnamon ice cream.



I am a fan of this pear recipe with red wine. That's why I have two more versions of this easy dessert recipe in my web site featuring step-by-step authentic Mediterranean diet recipes.

I hope you enjoy this easy pear dessert recipe for gourmets straight from the true and very alive Catalan Mediterranean diet.

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Monday, September 04, 2006

Easy eggplant recipe


In Mediterranean Catalonia and Majorca we eat eggplants in many different ways, as in most Mediterranean countries. This fried eggplant recipe is a quick and easy eggplant recipe suitable for ovolactovegetarians too.

A variation of this eggplant recipe is replacing the egg with flour mixed with some water. This variation makes this recipe suitable for strict vegetarians.

Remember that it is always advisable to salt the eggplants, especially when you intend to fry them, or they absorb too much oil.

Ingredients for this eggplant recipe

  • 4 eggplants
  • One egg
  • Olive oil
  • Salt

    Eggplant recipe preparation instructions

    1. Wash the eggplants, and remove the green caps. Do not peel the eggplants.

    2. Cut them in half lengthwise.

    3. Sprinkle some salt over the eggplants, and let them rest in a colander from half an hour to a couple of hours. It's fine if they stay longer, but the minimum should be thirty minutes.

    4. Beat the egg.

    5. Heat oil in a frying pan.

    6. Soak the eggplants in the beaten egg.

    7. Fry the eggplants, and place them on paper towels for a moment.

    8. Serve them hot.


    Click here for a delicious stuffed eggplant recipe, a great example of the traditional Mediterranean diet.

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