Apples and Pears Poached in Red Wine

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

• Ready In: 30 mins
• 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.