Mulled pears

Ingredients

6 medium	Pears, peeled but with stalks on (Main)
2 cups	Dessert wine
1	Vanilla bean, split lengthwise
1	Cinnamon stick
6	Cloves
¼ cup	Sugar
1 piece	Lemon peel, about 5cm long, pith removed
¼ cup	Lemon juice

Directions

1. Nick out the blossom end of the cores from the base of each pear. Cut a sliver from the bases so the pears will stand upright.
2. Place the remaining ingredients in s slow cooker and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Place the pears in the wine mixture. Cover and cook on high for 1½hours or until the pears are tender.
3. Remove the pears and place in deep flan dish.
4. Pour the wine mixture through a sieve into a saucepan. Boil until reduced to about 1 cup. Drizzle the sauce evenly over the pears.
5. Serve at room temperature. Great dolloped with whipped cream.

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