Recipe - Pear Crisp

1 One half cup Red wine
1 cup Water
Three fourths cup Sugar
1 Cinnamon stick
6 Whole cloves
4 md Pears peeled, cored and

One half cup Golden raisins
1 tablespoon Orange peel grated
1 One half cup Gingersnap cookies
Crushed finely
One half cup Almonds cut or sliced up
3 tablespoon Brown sugar
2 tablespoon Flour
3 tablespoon Margarine melted
Sliced

In a large nonaluminum pan, combine the wine, water, sugar, cinnamon stick
and cloves. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add the
pears, cover with a circle of parchment paper, and simmer 10 minutes. With
a slotted spoon, remove the pears to a plate. Boil syrup 5 minutes. remove
the cinnamon and cloves; reserve One half cup syrup. Combine the pears, raisins
and orange peel. In a separate bowl, combine the gingersnap crumbs,
almonds, brown sugar, flour and 2 tbsp. melted margarine. Stir with a fork
until combined. Spoon half the pears into a baking dish and sprinkle with
half the crumbs. Pour One fourth cup wine syrup over. Repeat the layers, using
all of the crumbs; sprinkle remaining margarine over the top. Bake in a
preheated 350degree oven 40 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving. Or
cool, cover and refrigerate. Reheat in a 300degree oven or in a microwave,
just until heated through.

Recipe By : Carol Field

From: Fido National Cooking Echo

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini