Poached pear and chambord cream

Make any dinner special with this all year round simple dessert. We can never have enough of this, all I need to do is alternate the wines I use to poach and that is enough to vary the flavours making each dessert special.

Red wine poached pear served with chambord whipped cream

Serves 4
You will need

3/4 bottle of any red wine of choice (remember if you can't drink it it's not good enough for your cooking)
Four ripened pears (I use Rocha pears) peeled
200g caster sugar
1tsp vanilla extract
1cinammon stick

Put all the ingredients in a deep pot with your pears upright/bottom side down
Simmer over medium heat for 20minutes before transferring to preheated oven for 45mins-1hr
Remember to turn the pears regularly for even colouring and that intense all round flavour
Return to hob for the final 10-15minutws to thicken the sauce
Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream