Pears baked in White Wine

Ingredients:

• 6 pears, peeled, cut in half and de-cored.
• ¾ pint dry white wine (Seyval, Sauvignon Blanc).
• 3tbs syrup.
• vanilla pod.

1. Place pears, cut side uppermost, in a casserole dish.
2. Drizzle syrup over pears.
3. Pour wine around pears.
4. Add vanilla pod to wine.
5. Bake at 180°C/350°F/Mark 4 until the pears are cooked (15-20 mins.).
6. Place pears in serving dish.
7. Concentrate the wine until it resembles a light syrup.
8. Remove vanilla pod and pour resulting syrup over pears.
9. Chill before serving.

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