Hello everyone! We have a recipe for you all to enjoy from a member of our team. Follow along and make your very own poached pears with ginger cookies.

Ingredients

• Eight pears
• 2 c. water
• 2 c. sugar
• Cinnamon stick
• 10 cloves
• Large pod of fresh ginger (or 1 tsp. of powdered ginger)
• Red wine
• Blue cheese (opt.)
• Ginger cookies

Instructions

1. Peel eight pears and cut the bottom so they can lay flat in a pot.
2. Boil 2 cups of water with 2 cups of sugar, one cinnamon stick, 10 cloves, a large pod of fresh ginger, cut into slices, or one teaspoon of powdered ginger.
3. Pour this syrup through a strainer over the pears and add enough red wine to cover the pears.
4. Place in the oven and cook at 320°F until tender to the fork.
5. Take the liquid and boil it down until it’s a thick syrup to pour over the pears at serving time. The core stays in the pear.
6. Use both spoon and fork for serving. If you wish, blue cheese may be served in a crumbled format over the pears and syrup. Add two ginger cookies to the plate. Enjoy!