Description: A tasty, sweet and spicy dessert fit for any Elf or man!!
Submitted by: aislinn on 2003-02-09 16:11:00
Serves: 6
Prep Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ingredients
6 large pears, any kind1 cup red wine
3/4 cup of sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp nutmeg
pinch of saffron (optional)
1 tsp red wine vinegar (optional)
Instructions
place pears, unpeeled, inone inch of water in a non-reactive pot. bring to boil, and cook pears until they can be easily pierced with a fork. remove pears and let cool until they can be comfortably handled.peel and cut the pears in half.
in smae pot as before,place all remaining ingredients except pears. bring to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly, and reduce heat to medium.
add pears and allow to simmer in wine sauce until sauce has a syrup-like consistency. spoon sauce over pears while cooking. remove pears when they are a nice dark red color. they should maintain their shape.
serve warm with some of the sauce spooned over.