Sneha's Recipe: Red Wine

Pears Poached in Red Wine and Cinnamon is a most elegant winter dessert. Paired with ice cream and the fragrant cinnamon flavored Pears are sure to impress your guest.

I had this for the first time in one of my trips to Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, where we had a Slovenian dinner with a traditional food and dance programme. It was such a wonderful evening with a most delicious traditional food and the dessert was this. So oooo delicious you must try this.

Serve this with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch crunch... fantastic combo... yum yum you will craving for more.

I have used Madeira Red Wine and it has a perfect color and taste to make this dessert.

Ingredients
2 Pears - firm and not over ripe
2 Cups Red Wine
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 Cup Heaped Granulated Sugar
a Juice of One Lemon
1 Bay leaf

Method

Peel the pears carefully , leaving the stalk intact
Cut a straight slice off the bottom, so that they can stand upright.

In a deep bottom pan, add pears, red wine, lemon juice, sugar , cinnamon stick and bay leaf,

Bring to a boil, simmer the heat and cook the pears for 30-40 minutes turning their sides at regular intervals. Take the pan, off the heat, cool it down.

Remove the pears from the pan, using a slotted spoon.

Keep the pan on heat and cook till the wine is reduced to a syrupy/thick consistency.

When serving, keep the pears on a plate. Drizzle with the wine sauce

Serve with a scoop of ice cream and butterscotch crunch

Lables : Sweets & Desserts, Red Wine, Slovenia, Poached, Pears, Cinnamon, Improv Cooking Challenge, Ice Cream

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I saw this recipe Bragoli recipe on tv, it's a Maltese recipe, very flavorful and taste delicious. It's the red wine in the gravy that gives an awesome taste to it.

When I, surfed the net seen so many different variations, so you can alter your bragoli according to your taste. I made this as seen on tv and altered it as per my taste.

Ingredients

2 Eggs - hard boiled and diced
6 Bacon Rashers
4 - 5 Beef Tenderloin Steak - flattened with a meat tenderizer
2 Big Cloves Garlic - minced
1 Tablespoon Chopped Flat Parsley
2 Tablespoons breadcrumbs
Salt to taste

Red Pepper flakes to taste
Olive oil for frying
Toothpicks

For the Gravy
2 Bay leaves
2 Medium Onions - finely chopped

1 Green Chilly - finely chopped

5 Medium Tomatoes - blanched, skinned & finely chopped

2 Carrots - diced
1 Stick Celery - chopped
1½ Cup Red wine

1 Cup Green Peas - used frozen

Method
Hard boil the eggs and set aside. Once cooled chop them and the bacon.

In a bowl mix the eggs, bacon, garlic, parsley, red chilly flakes, salt to taste and breadcrumbs.

Flatten the steak with a meat tenderizer.

Place a tablespoon of the filling on one end of the steak.

Wrap your meat around the mixture by rolling the meat to make a wrap.

Fasten with toothpicks.

In a deep pan / kadai heat oil and add the bay leaves.

Over a medium heat lightly brown your bragoli and set aside.
In the same pan, add the onions, garlic and green chillies fry for 2 - 3 minutes. Add the carrots, celery and tomatoes and a cup of water cook for 5 minutes on low flame . Add the wine and place the browned bragoli on top and bring it to a boil. Simmer on medium low flame for an hour, keep stirring in between.