Roasted Celery, Pear-Apple Sweet Surprise

• 10-12 pieces celery stalks
• 1/4 cup cherry or raspberry fruit spread, no sugar added
• 1 cup sweet red wine
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• juice of 2 large lemons
• 2 pieces large pears (Bosc), peeled, cored and cut in half
• 2 pieces green apples, peeled, cored, and cut into slices
• 2 pieces red Gala apples, peeled, cored, and cut into slices

1. Cut celery stalks into 1/3-1/2 inch slcies and add to the bottom of a glass dish about 13 by 9 inches.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. In a small bowl, mix the lemon juice, sugar, fruit spread, wine and set aside.
4. Place the apple slices over the celery into the dish, and then the pear halfs.
5. Pour the juice wine mixture over the celery and fruit, and bake for about 1 hour, basting from time to time.
6. Remove the pears from the dish and place the rest of the sauce into a medium pot and cook down the liquid for another 10-15 minutes.
7. Place a laddle full of the sauce on the bottom of each of 2 plates, then place 2 pears over the sauce on each plate.
8. Take the remaining sauce and puree it in a blender, and pour over the pears and onto the plate. Serve warm.

celery, cherry, sweet red wine, granulated sugar, lemons, green apples, red gala apples

Taken from food52.com/recipes/16617-roasted-celery-pear-apple-sweet-surprise (may not work)