Spiced Maple Pears

Name: Spiced Maple Pears
Ingredients: 6 pears, peeled with stalks in place; 6 cloves; 8 cardamom seeds, cracked; 2 cinnamon sticks; 1 tablespoon sugar; 6 tablespoons pure maple syrup; 1 cup sweet white wine

7 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

6 pears, peeled with stalks in place
6 cloves
8 cardamom seeds, cracked
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tablespoon sugar
6 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 cup sweet white wine

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400F.
2

Push a clove inside each pear and lay on their sides in an oven-proof dish.
3

Add Cinnamon sticks to dish.
4

Scatter cardamom seeds on top of pears.
5

Gently heat white wine, maple syrup and sugar until dissolved and pour over pears.
6

Make sure that the pears are half covered.
7

Cover dish with foil and poach for approximately 1 hour or until tender, basting occasionally.
8

Remove cloves, cardamom seeds and cinnamon before serving.