Pears Baked in Port Wine

We're in May, it’s meant to be autumn, a time when it becomes cooler outside, leaves change, and everything slows down.

This year it’s been an incredibly hot summer & it seems to be never ending. The hot weather has carried on even during autumn.  I’m not complaining mind you because I like the hot weather.

Autumn foods are starting to make their way into our supermarket shelves.

One of my favourite cooler months fruits are pears.

I love cooking pears, either stewing them or baking them.

I used Port wine in this recipe but you can use any sweet red wine you like.

Port wine comes from the Portuguese city Porto, & is a sweet wine usually drunk at the end of a meal.


Ingredients

• 4 pears
• 1 1/2 cups Port wine
• 6 tab honey
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 tea cinnamon, ground

 1.  Peel & core the pears.

      In a roasting pan add the pears & all the ingredients. 

      Cover the pan with foil.

      Cook the pears for 30 min at 180 degrees, then remove the foil & bake a further 20min.

      The pears should be cooked & the juice should have reduced & thickened up 

      Serve with plain yogurt, cream, or ice cream