Poached Pears

These are GREAT!

Poached Pears in Honey,Ginger,and Cinnamon		Source: Giada’s Food Network Show Adapted by:
Yield: 6 servings	Portion Size: 1 pear
Ingredients	Amount	Procedure
Moscato wine Simple syrup (½ and ½ ) Cinnamon stick, broken in ½ Honey Fresh ginger, peeled, finely chopped Vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped	750-mL bottle 2 cups 1 2 Tablespoons ¾” piece 1	In a saucepan large enough to hold all the pears, combine.  Add the vanilla bean seeds and the pod.  Bring the mixture to a simmer, stirring occasionally until the honey has melted.
Ripe Anjou pears, peeled	6	Add the pears to the liquid and simmer for 15-20 minutes, turning occasionally, until the pears are tender.
		Remove the pears from the liquid and allow to cool.
		Continue to simmer the liquid until it thickens and is reduced by half (about 15-20 minutes).   Cool to room temperature.  Remove the chunky stuff.
Vanilla ice cream	3 cups	Place the pears on small serving plates with a ½ cup scoop of vanilla ice cream.  Drizzle with the syrup.  Serve.

Can also drizzle with chocolate syrup

Leftover syrup can be used to flavor martinis.