Spiced Red Wine Fruit Soup with Candied Orange

• 1 small pineapple
• 8 small oranges or tangerines, thin-skinned, seedless
• 1 1/4 cups sugar approximately
• 1/2 each vanilla bean split
• 1 each anise pods star
• 2 tablespoons liqueur triple sec, grand marnier, cointreau or other orange flavor
• 3 medium pears such as bartlett
• 4 cups red wine dry
• 12 each mint leaves or 2 teaspoons high-quality peppermint tea leaves
• 1 each cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns whole
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom seeds
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch PLUS 1 teaspoon
• 1/2 cup creme fraiche
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream (approximately)
• 1 x mint leaves fresh, for garnish

1. Using a large sharp knife, trim off the top and bottom of the pineapple and slice off the skin.

pineapple, oranges, sugar approximately, vanilla bean split, anise pods, liqueur triple, bartlett, red wine, mint, cinnamon sticks, black, cardamom seeds, cornstarch, creme fraiche, heavy whipping cream, mint

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/spiced-red-wine-fruit-soup-cand-47763 (may not work)