Red Wine Poached Pears

Instruction​

• Peel, core, and half 4 pears

• In a large pot, combine:

  • A bottle of (cheapish) red wine
    Yes, you can drink some of it

  • 1 cup of sugar

  • A few splashes of vanilla

  • A generous amount of cinnamon

• Add in the pears and simmer for 35 minutes, turning every 10 minutes

• Remove pears from the pot and let cool

• Store in a container filled with the wine mixture overnight

• Remove pears from the container and pour the wine sauce back into a sauce pan

• On medium-high heat, stir continuously until the mixture reduces by half and thickens

• Serve the pears over vanilla ice cream

• Top with:

  • The red wine sauce reduction

  • shaved chocolate

  • crushed hazelnuts

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The strawberry in the above picture was very unnecessary.

Don't add that to yours.