Cinnamon-merlot Roasted Pears

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 large ripe bosc pears
• 1 cup merlot
• 1 cup cherry juice
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f peel pears, leaving stems intact. cut a thin slice from the bottom of each pear and insert an apple corer; twist and pull to remove cores.
• 2 combine merlot, cherry juice, and cinnamon sticks in an 8x8x2-inch baking dish. add pears. bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until pears are tender, spooning liquid over pears every 15 minutes.
• 3 reduce oven temperature to 200°f remove pears from baking dish. pour liquid into a saucepan; stir in sugar and salt.
• 4 gently boil liquid for 10-12 minutes or until reduced to a syrup. return pears to baking dish and keep warm in oven until ready to serve.
• 5 to serve 12, cut each pear in half; to serve 24, cut each pear into quarters. drizzle syrup over pears; dollop with mascarpone cheese.