Perfect Pears
published by Emerald13 on Jan 5, 2010
Pears in Claret – served with cream of ice cream.
A delicious, quick & easy dessert that can be frozen for another day.
INGREDIENTS
6 large buerre bos pears
3 cups water
1.5 cups sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
1.5 cups claret (or good quality red)
METHOD
-Peel pears and leave them whole.
-Mix sugar and water and bring to the boil to make a syrup.
-When the syrup is boiling add the pears and cinnamon, reduce the heat and cook pears until tender and the liquid is reduced to 1.5 cups.
-Add an equal amount of claret.
-Leave in refrigerator for 24 hours.
-Serve with cream or ice cream.
# 1 by thuanynguyen
January 5th, 2010 at 11:46 pm #
OHHH YUMMMY!!!
# 2 by Emerald13
January 6th, 2010 at 1:29 am #
thuannguyen … i know i know !
# 3 by Guy Hogan
January 6th, 2010 at 9:25 am #
That’s an excellent dessert for a wintry day like today in Pittsburgh.
# 4 by Emerald13
January 6th, 2010 at 11:19 pm #
hehe … well Guy, just do it ! its hot here … but i like all the seasons … cept for wind wind wind >>> Gina