Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Slow Cooker Poached Pears
I'd never poached pears before. Not on the stovetop or in a slow cooker.
But I felt like it was time to try.
Before beginning, I read all about How to Poach Pears and then pulled out the my slow cooker.
WW Friendly Poached Pears
Slow Cooked Poached Pears Recipe Notes
I opted to keep my first attempt at slow cooker poached pears super simple, using just water, sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
Simple, easy, impressive and light, these gently spiced poached pears are the perfect do-ahead dessert.
WW Friendly Slow Cooker Poached Pears
You can serve them plain or dress them up with a little vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Or get even fancier with a drizzle of dark chocolate or caramel sauce.
They would be a nice accompaniment to a sliver of gingerbread or spice cake too.
How Many Calories and WW Points in these Poached Pears?
According to my calculations, each serving has just 108 calories and:
3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Crock Pot Poached Pears Recipe Variations
- After poaching the pears, while the liquid is still warm, add approximately ½ cup dried cranberries, raisins, or dried currants and let them plump.
- In place of the water, you can use ¾ cup water and ¾ cup white wine (sweet or dry) or sparkling cider.
- For Poached Pears with Asian Spices add 3 star anise, 5 slices fresh ginger, and 2 cloves to the poaching mix.
- To be extra fancy, drizzle with caramel sauce or chocolate raspberry sauce before serving. Also good alongside a sliver of gingerbread or spice cake.
Star Anise and Cinnamon Sticks
If you enjoy these simple 5-ingredient poached pears, be sure to check out my other Weight Watchers friendly recipes including: Pear Apple Compote, Apple Pear Cranberry Crisp, Orange Sauced Slow Cooker Hot Fruit, Slow Cooker Baked Apples with Gingersnaps and Slow Cooker Bananas Foster
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Slow Cooker Poached Pears Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 pears, peeled cored and cut into quarters lengthwise
- 1-½ cups water
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
Instructions
- Ideal slow cooker size: 2-Quart.
- Place the pears in the slow cooker.
- Stir together the water and sugar, add the cinnamon stick and cloves and then pour over the pears.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours, or until the pears are tender when pierced with a fork. (The firmer your pears, the longer it will take.)
- Let cool and then fish out the cinnamon stick and cloves.
- Serve chilled or warm, plain, or with a dollop of vanilla yogurt or whipped cream.
- Transfer the pears and their liquid to an airtight container and refrigerate.
Recipe Notes
- After poaching the pears, while the liquid is still warm, add approximately ½ cup dried cranberries, raisins, or dried currants and let them plump.
- In place of the water, you can use ¾ cup water and ¾ cup white wine (sweet or dry) or sparkling cider.
- For Poached Pears with Asian Spices add 3 star anise, 5 slices fresh ginger, and 2 cloves to the poaching mix.
- To be extra fancy, drizzle with caramel sauce or chocolate raspberry sauce before serving. Also good alongside a sliver of gingerbread or spice cake.
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
More Slow Cooker Poached Pears Recipes
- Red Wine Poached Pears (Year of Slow Cooking)
- Slow Cooker Poached Pears in Caramel Sauce (The Perfect Pantry)
- Slow Cooker Cranberry Poached Pears (SkinnyMs)
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She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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Jane
Hi Martha - I've been making poached pears for years now and find them particularly tasty at this time of years. I use the same spices as you do with the addition of some fresh ginger slices. Instead of water and sugar, I use diet ginger ale.
I usually have a fair bit of poaching liquid left over and have found that if the pears are soft enough and are cut in quarters or chunks, they marinate really well in the fridge without having been cooked.
I've never tried it in a slow cooker but next time will do so.
Love all your recipes and look forward to receiving and trying them. I'm now on a slow cooker kick and will be making your cabbage and white bean soup this weekend. I love cabbage but live on my own and the cabbages seem particularly large at the moment and a girl can only eat so much cole slaw!
Martha McKinnon
Thanks for your idea about marinating pears in the fridge as an alternative to poaching. I love my slow cooker, but also like to roast cabbage and sauté it sometimes too as an alternative to coleslaw!