Claret Stewed Pears Over Rice

Ingredients

• 4 large pears, peeled, split, and cored
• 2 cups claret
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup rice
• Milk, for boiling rice
• Sweetener and flavoring to taste

Method

1. 1 Boil rice in milk until soft, adding sweetener and flavoring to taste.
2. 2 Cook pears in claret and sugar until tender.
3. 3 Spread the cooked rice in a serving dish.
4. 4 Arrange the stewed pears on top of the rice.
5. 5 Reduce the cooking syrup by rapid boiling.
6. 6 Pour the reduced syrup over the pears and serve ice cold.