Spiced maple pears

Yield: 6 Servings

Measure Ingredient
6 \N Ripe pears; peeled with stalks in place
6 \N Cloves
8 \N Cracked cardamom seeds
2 \N Cinnamon sticks
1 tablespoon Sugar
6 tablespoons 100% Pure Maple Syrup
1 cup Medium/sweet white wine

Preheat oven to 400°F. Push a clove inside each pear and lay on their sides with cinnamon sticks in an oven-proof dish. Scatter cardamom seeds on top of pears. Gently heat white wine, 100% Pure Maple Syrup and sugar until dissolved and pour over pears, ensuring they are half covered. Cover pears with foil and poach for approximately 1 hour or until tender, basting occasionally. Remove cloves, cardamom seeds and cinnamon before serving.

Posted to recipelu-digest by "Lynn Ratcliffe" <mcgrew@...> on Feb 28, 1998

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