• My mom’s recipe for pears in red wine was the one most of us grew up with… a winter wine sauce smelling of cinnamon and cloves. Recently I saw a recipe for red fruit with honey and brown sugar – and voila!

    Recipe by Marlene van der Westhuizen

    Photograph by Bruce Tuck 

    Pears in red wine and honey

    Serves: 6
    Cooking Time: 30 mins

    Ingredients

    • 6 firm pears
    • 750ml (1 bottle) fruity red wine
    • 100ml honey
    • 100g (½ cup) brown sugar
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) vanilla paste
    • crème fraîche, to serve

    Instructions

    1

    Peel the pears, leaving the stalks intact. Combine the wine, honey, brown sugar and vanilla in a large pot. Bring to the boil and simmer until the sugar has dissolved.

    2

    Add the pears, placing them upright. Poach slowly until tender, for about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat. Reduce the wine sauce until it has a syrupy consistency. 3 Serve each pear with a spoonful of syrup drizzled over and a scoop of crème fraîche.

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