Poached Pears In Sticky Wine Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup dessert wine
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp chopped fresh ginger
6 None black peppercorns
1 None star anise
1 None whole clove
1 None cardamom pod, bruised
1 None cinnamon stick
4 None pears, peeled
None None Vanilla ice cream, to serve

Preparation

Place wine, 1/2 cup water, sugar, ginger and spices in a medium saucepan on low heat. Stir for 2-3 mins until sugar dissolves.
Add pears. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 20-25 mins or until pears are tender when tested with a skewer. Cool in syrup.
Remove pears and strain syrup. Return syrup to saucepan. Return to a boil on medium heat. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 10-15 mins until reduced to 3/4 cup.
Drizzle pears with syrup. Serve with vanilla ice cream.