Poached Pear Packages
- 2 1/2 cups superfine sugar
- 8 cloves
- 4 perfectly ripe pears
- 10 oz. rough puff pastry
- 6 crepes, 7-8 inches in diameter
- 8 fresh mints
- 4 cups grapeseed or peanut oil, to deep-fry granulated sugar, to dust
- Put 2 cups water into a pan with the sugar and cloves and bring to a boil over gentle heat.
- Keep the syrup at a bare simmer.
- Peel, halve, and core the pears, then add to the syrup and poach gently for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let the pears cool in the syrup.
- Once cooled, place in the refrigerator.
- On a lightly floured counter, roll out half the dough as thinly as possible, no more than 34 inches thick.
- Transfer to a baking sheet lined with waxed paper and refrigerate.
- Roll out the remaining dough in the same way, then layer on the other rolled-out sheet in the refrigerator, with a sheet of waxed paper in between.
- Drain the pears and cut into 34-inch dice.
- Cut the crepe into pieces just big enough to wrap the pear pieces.
- Roll each pear dice in snipped mint, then wrap in a crepe piece.
- Cut the dough into 3 1/4-inch squares.
- Place a crepe-covered piece of pear in the center of each dough square, then bring the sides of the square up over the top and pinch the edges together to seal.
- Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a deep-fat fryer or deep, heavy pan to 340F.
- Cook the packages, in batches of 810 at a time, in the hot oil for 4 to 5 minutes, until nutty brown in color and crisp.
- Drain on paper towels; keep hot while cooking the rest.
- Serve the little packages hot, dusted with granulated sugar.
sugar, cloves, pears, rough puff pastry, crepes, mints, grapeseed
Taken from www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/poached-pear-packages-recipe/ (may not work)