Poached Pear Delight

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sweet dessert wine
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 1 cinnamon stick, 4-inch long
• 4 medium pears, peeled,stem left on
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds
• 1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
• 3 tablespoons crystallized ginger, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 pears: combine first 4 ingredients in medium saucepan; heat& stir over medium-high heat until sugar is dissolved.
• 2 add pears& bring to a boil.
• 3 reduce heat to medium-low, cover& cook for about 30 minutes, turning pears several times, until they are tender.
• 4 remove pears from poaching liquid to medium sized bowl.
• 5 remove& discard cinnamon stick from poaching liquid; boil liquid for about 10 minutes, without stirring, until slightly thickened.
• 6 pour over pears; cool, cover& chill overnight or for at least 8 hours, turning pears occasionally.
• 7 ice cream: line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper.
• 8 combine almonds, maple syrup& cinnamon in a small bowl and place on prepared baking sheet; cook in preheated 375f oven for about 10 minutes, stirring once, until almonds are golden.
• 9 cool& chop.
• 10 put ice cream, ginger& almond mixture into a separate medium bowl& mix well.
• 11 cover& freeze overnight or at least 8 hours until firm.
• 12 assembly: about 30 minutes before serving, remove pears& their liquid from the refrigerator.
• 13 just before serving, place pears into serving dishes, divide& drizzle poaching liquid over pears and place 2 scoops of ice cream beside each pear.