Pears Vin Rouge

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INGREDIENTS:

2 cups dry red wine
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 cinnamon stick
3 whole cloves
4 slices lemon
4 slices orange
6 firm fresh pears
2 Tablespoons Grand Marnier or
Triple Sec
Sour cream
Ground cinnamon

TO PREPARE:

In a saucepan, combine wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, lemon slices and orange slices; simmer for 5 minutes. Peel, halve and core pears; simmer in syrup for about 25 minutes, or until tender. Add Grand Marnier. Let pears cool in syrup; refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Place pears with their syrup in serving bowl. Serve with sour cream flavored with ground cinnamon.

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