Pears In Spiced Wine

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 pears (firm)
• 500 ml wine
• 100 g sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean, cut lenghtwise
• 1 cinnamon stick (about 2 inches)
• 2 cloves
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 lemon, zest of

Recipe

• 1 combine wine, sugar, spices and peel of lemon in a suited pot.
• 2 heat up but do not let it boil.
• 3 meanwhile put the lemon juice into a bowl.
• 4 peel the pears and quarter them lenghtwise. core them. put them into the bowl with lemon juice to avoid browning.
• 5 after you have prepared all pears this way add them and the lemon juice to the wine mixture.
• 6 poach the pears for about 10 - 15 minutes, but don't let them boil. the pears should be soft, but still a bit firm at the end.
• 7 put the pears into a suited preserving jar and cover them with wine brew. do not remove the spices.
• 8 store them in the fridge for at least 12 hours to blend all the flavors.
• 9 enjoy.
• 10 note: there might be more wine brew than you need. put it in the fridge and enjoy it cold with a bit of ice and a lemon wedge.
• 11 serving: serve the pears at room tempearture with a dollop of your favorite ice cream for an easy dessert. add some of the wine brew to it.
• 12 note: try these pears also in an easy pear cake or tarte. the peares will be soft and their flavor will blend into the cake and will make it moist.
• 13 cooking time does not include time for cooling.