Poached Pears Over Vanilla Rice

Ingredients

• 4 large pears, halved
• 1 pint claret, Burgundy, or water
• 8 ounces sugar
• ¾ cup rice, boiled in milk and sweetened
• Vanilla extract, for flavoring

Method

1. 1 Place halved pears in a stewpan with wine or water and sugar.
2. 2 Simmer pears until perfectly tender, then remove them.
3. 3 Boil the syrup down to half its volume and flavor with vanilla.
4. 4 Spread the boiled rice on a serving dish.
5. 5 Arrange pears on the rice and pour the syrup over.
6. 6 Serve cold.