Sexy Pear Poached in Wine with Sugar Spice Glaze

Fellas, you want to start a romantic evening? End your dinner by serving this dessert to your lady fair.

1 Bosch pear
1/2 cup red wine (White wine would work too.)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons butter
dash salt
1 scoop vanilla ice cream

  Cut the pear so it will stand up erect. peel away the pear's clothes, er, uh...  peel.

Now let's heat things up! Melt some butter

in a pot over medium heat.

place the pear upright in the pot. 

Sprinkle the granulated sugar and brown sugar over and around the pear, add a dash of salt to the pot and dust the pear gently with the cinnamon.

Raise the heat to high and after a minute slowly add the wine. Bring the liquid to a boil, then turn the heat down to a simmer and cover the pot with a lid. Simmer, simmer simmer...

Let the pear poach gently, giving up it's juices to the sauce.Simmer and spoon the sauce over the naked pear this way for about 10 minutes, checking every so often to make sure there is enough liquid in the pot. Everything should be juicy and sticky by now...

When the pear is just soft enough to pierce with a gentle stab of your paring knife, the dessert is ready to come off the stove to serve. Serve the pear with the ice cream and drizzle the syrupy, caramel sauce over the unctuous, delicious fruit.  Sharing it is a very sensual experience...

This dessert works such wonders that I forgot to take photos of the dish as it was served....     

 Tio     ;-)