Here is a delicious dessert recipe by Chef Keith Snow of HarvestEating.com.  The bosc pears are poached in a red wine poaching liquid.  Chef Snow reduces the poaching liquid and plates the pears with it, walnuts and a home made caramel sauce.

In the video, Chef Snow gives tips on preparing the pears and instructions on making the poaching liquid.  He also briefly describes the preparation of the caramel sauce.  More complete instructions for the caramel sauce begin at 3:15 into another of Chef Snow’s poached pear videos.

Makeover suggestions:  One goal of our nutrition guidelines is to minimize animal protein in our diet. As a replacement for the cream in the caramel sauce, I’m going to experiment with this video recipe for a coffee creamer replacement by FreshUnlimited.com.   And, I would experiment with replacing the sugar with other unprocessed sweeteners.

Enjoy!