Mulled Wine Pears
A simple, delicious wintery dish full of spice. If you don't have all the spices to hand, simply leave those out. The flavour will still be good!
Ingredients
- 500 grams pears
- 500 millilitres red wine
- 25-50 grams caster sugar
- 6 cardamom pods
- 3 allspice berries
- 3 cloves
- 1 star anise
- 1 cinnamon slick
- 50 millilitres sloe gin optional
- A piece of candied orange peel optional
Instructions
- Place the spices, wine, 25 gr sugar, the spices and peel if using into a large saucepan. Heat gently whilst you prepare the pears
- Peel the pears, slice in half and remove the core and stalks.
- Place into the wine mixture - the wine should cover the pears.
- Simmer gently for approx 20-25 minutes until the pears are soft. This will vary depending on the ripeness of your pears.
- The pears will have taken up the colour from the wine and will have turned a lovely red colour.
- Check for sweetness and add more sugar if required.
- To serve, remove the whole spices. Add the sloe gin if using. Serve the liquid in a glass if required.
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