Sweet Cyndee's Poached Pears

• 3 bosc pears (Peeled & Cored)
• 750 ml sweet dessert wine (*Sweet Cyndee's Wine)
• 14 cup fine sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 whole cloves
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons arrowroot

1. Place the pears into a bowl of lemon water.
2. Combine wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, whole cloves, bay leaves into a shallow braising pan and stir well.
3. Bring poaching liquid to a full boil.
4. Reduce to a very slow simmer.
5. Add pears, orange zest and lemon zest.
6. Cover pan with bakers paper.
7. Poach pears for 25-30 minutes or until the pears are tender.
8. Remove pears from the wine with a slotted spoon and keep warm until service.
9. WINE SAUCE.
10. Reduce wine by half.
11. Wisk together arrowroot and 1-tablespoon cold water in a small bowl.
12. Wisk arrowroot into wine reduction and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until sauce thickens.
13. Remove bay leaves and discard.
14. Strain warm wine sauce with a chinoise or fine sieve and hold warm for service.
15. Service:.
16. Drizzle warm Wine Sauce over bottom of the plates.
17. Place a warm pear on the plate and fan.
18. Drizzle warm sauce over pear, garnish and serve.
19. Garnish with Fresh Blackberries and Fresh Mint Sprigs.
20. *The Wine is fron the Antelope Valley Winery, Palmdale, Calif.

bosc pears, sweet dessert wine, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, orange zest, lemon juice, lemon zest, arrowroot

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sweet-cyndees-poached-pears-378588 (may not work)