Baked Pears In Wine
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Serves: 4
- 1¼ cups dry wine (red or white)
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- zest of ¼ lemon
- 4 whole cloves
- 4 medium pears
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- In a small saucepan, combine the wine, brown sugar, lemon zest and cloves, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for five minutes.
- Peel, halve, and core the pears. Arrange close together in a baking dish; pour wine over. Cover the dish with foil and cut a few slits in the top.
- Bake 20-25 minutes, until the pears are somewhat tender. Turn pears over and return dish to the over another 20 minutes, still covered with foil.
- Uncover, baste pears with liquid and turn again, and return them to the oven for another 10 minutes.
- Serve warm immediately; or, let them cool and then serve. Pour some of the pan syrup over them; or put them on top of vanilla ice cream; or do both.
Recipe by Sprung At Last at https://sprungatlast.com/2013/04/baked-pears-in-wine/
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