Apples And Pears Poached In Red Wine - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 pears, peeled, quartered and cored
3 apples, peeled, quartered and cored
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 small cinnamon sticks
400 ml red wine
200 ml port wine or 200 ml sweet wine
700 g red plums, halved

Preparation

Put the pears and apples in a saucepan. Add the sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, red wine and dessert wine and bring to boil.
Simmer for 10 minute.
Add the plums and cook for another 5 minute or until the plums are soft.
remove the sucepan from the heat, cover with a lid and leave to marinate at least 6 hours.
serve at room temperature with ice-cream.