Pears in red wine syrup
Pears In Red Wine Syrup: an easy to make, deliciously more-ish dessert from Northern Italy
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 8 Small pears preferable Martin Sec
- 400 ml Red wine 1 2/3 cups
- 180 g White Sugar 3/4 cup
- 6 Cloves
- 1/2 Cinnamon stick
Instructions
- Wash and dry the pears.
- Place them, standing up, in an oven-proof heavy-bottomed pot/casserole dish.
- Add all the other ingredients.
- Simmer uncovered on a medium heat for 35 minutes.
- While the pears are simmering, heat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
- Place the uncovered pot in the oven and leave to bake for 30 - 40 minutes, until the pears look soft and slightly shriveled.
- Using a slotted spoon, remove the pears from the liquid and set aside.
- Pour the wine mixture through a fine sieve, then boil the liquid until it becomes syrupy in consistency. the volume will decrease by about half and will become thicker.
- Pour the wine syrup over the pears.
- The pears can be made a day in advance. They can be eaten warm or at room temperature. They go wonderfully with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.