Apples and Pears Poached in Red Wine

Submitted by Hande

"This is one of my favourite recipes for winter... soooo good with ice cream!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

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

directions

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

Reviews

[Everything Sweet]

It was good, but I wish the sauce had been a little thicker.