Poached Pears in Red Wine

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Ingredients:

• 2 pears, D’anjou or Bosc -- still firm 

• 1 bottle red wine

• ½ cup sugar

• 2 sticks cinnamon

• Lemon peels (half a medium lemon)

Instructions:

• Heat wine, cinnamon sticks and lemon peels together in a small pot

• Peel pears, cut in half and scoop out seeds

• Place pears in boiling wine

• Simmer until pears are soft (about 15-20 mins)

• Remove pears, cinnamon sticks and lemon peels

• Continue to simmer wine, reduce to half the amount and use as sauce over pears

• Serve with ice cream, yogurt, or on its own!