Recipe: Baked Pears in Spiced Wine

Mar 27, 2014

A quick an easy dessert to?showcase any seasonal fruit such as pears, apple or figs. Roasting the fruit in a sweet spiced syrup makes it melt in the mouth.pear red wine 2 S

Degree of difficulty: easy

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

 

Ingredients:

4-6 pears depending on size

2/3 cup?Barossa red wine

2/3 cup Ruby Grenache or Tawny Port

3 tablespoons castor sugar

1 pinch cinnamon

? lemon or lime

? orange

? vanilla bean or ? teaspoon essence

Method:

Step 1

Place fruit in a shallow baking dish. Add red wine and port then sprinkle over sugar and spice.

Step 2

Cut citrus fruit into quarters, slit open vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Place citrus and vanilla?seeds around the pears.

Step 3

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 200?C.

Step 4

Serve the pears with some of the syrup and a creamy topping (yoghurt or mascarpone)….and an extra?glass of Tawny.

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Recipe: Apricot and Nut Truffles

Dec 12, 2013

These are so simple to make and match perfectly with Classic Muscat.fruit coconut truffle balls

Makes approximately 30 truffle balls if you can help yourself from tucking in while you make them.

Ingredients

1 cup whole, unsalted, roasted nuts (almonds, macadamias or pecans)
2 cups dried apricots
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 tbsp honey (strongly flavoured)
? cup desiccated coconut

Method

  1. Combine the?first five ingredients in a food processor and combine until mixture forms a dough-like ball.
  2. Using your hands, firmly roll into small balls, then roll the balls in the desiccated coconut.

Alternatively, dip the rolled balls into melted milk or dark?chocolate for richer flavours.

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