Pears With Rosé Wine
By: Barnaby Dorfman
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:09am

Ingredients




1 cup rosé wine
1 cup Water
2 cups Sugar
8 Pears, halved & cored
1 cup Strawberries, washed & hulled
1 pint Vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup Heavy whipping cream
Mint sprigs

Preparation

1 Combine wine, water & sugar; bring to boiling; turn heat down; cook 2 min. 2 Add pear halves a few at a time; poach until tender; do not overcook. Cool pears in syrup; chill. Puree strawberries; stir in 2 tbsp wine syrup. Place scoop of ice cream in individual serving dish; arrange two pear halves on ice cream. With spoon, coat completely with puree. Garnish with whipped cream and mint sprigs.