Wardens in Cunfyt (Pears in Red Wine)

1. 1

   Place wine, sugar and spices in saucepan, and heat until sugar dissolves.

2. 2

   Peel the pears, leaving the stalks on, but remove the core from the bottom using a thin, sharp knife or a potato peeler.

3. 3

   Put the pears into the syrup and simmer gently for about 20 minutes or until tender.

4. 4

   Remove the pears to a dish, and reduce the syrup by half by boiling rapidly.

5. 5

   Spoon syrup over pears.

6. 6

   Cool, and decorate with gilded bay leaves stuck in by the stalk.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.