Goucha and Rui Oliveira teach how to make delicious pear recipe in syrup

Sin ideas for a dessert or something sweet for a snack? Manuel Luís Goucha and Rui Oliveira Nunes have already accustomed us to the most varied delicacies they like to make together and, this time, have shown followers how to make pears in spice syrup.

You can add, for example, a ball of vanilla ice cream, English cream or even mascarpone or, in a salty version, next to more intense cheeses or even baked meats. 

Pears in spice syrup

Ingredients: 

• 4 cloves 
• 1 cinnamon stick 
• 2 stars of anise 
• pinch of ground black pepper 
• 300 grams of white sugar 
• 1 cup of Port 
• 4 lemon or lime slices 
• Water 

Preparation: 

Put the ingredients in a pot until it boils, like a syrup. Wash the pears of St. Anthony (or St. John) and place inside this prepared to confit.

Let it cool down and then put it in a bottle inside the syrup.