Recipe - Pears Poached In White Wine

2 cup Dry white wine
2 cup Water
One half cup Sugar
One fourth cup Lemon juice
4 (2inch) strips lemon peel
1 Stick cinnamon; 3inches
long
6 Firm Bartlett or Anjou pears

In 9inch saucepan place wine, water, sugar, lemon peel & cinnamon stick.
Bring to boil over moderate heat & simmer, stirring occasionally, until
sugar dissolves. Meanwhile, peel pears and, leaving stem end intact, scoop
out core from the blossom end with a knife. Sprinkle pears with lemon juice
to keep them from turning brown. When pears are peeled & coated with lemon
juice, add remaining lemon juice to sugar syrup & place pears in syrup,
stem end up. Simmer pears uncovered 1 hour or until tender, turning them
from side to side 5 or 6 times, but always leaving the stems up. When pears
are tender, spoon them into a serving dish, strain the syrup over them &
chill in refrigerator for several hours before serving. Makes 6 servings.

MRS B.S. (NOVIE) GILLESPIE

From the The Bliss of Cooking Returns, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club,
Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.