Serves 6 Ingredients: 6 fat, ripe pears e.g. Comice 6 cloves 1 stick cinnamon 1 vanilla pod, split in half lengthways 1 piece of lemon zest, 5cm long 1 piece of orange zest, 5cm long 1 bottle Gabbiano Chianti DOCG red wine 100g caster sugar 100ml honey
Method: Peel the pears and spike each one with one clove on its bottom, near the centre. Put them into a saucepan stems facing upwards. Pour over the Gabbiano Chianti wine, add the sugar, honey, vanilla, cinnamon stick and zests. Bring the wine up to a gentle boil and then turn down to simmer for one hour, uncovered. Using a slotted spoon remove the pears to a serving dish. Reduce the wine for around ten minutes and then sieve it into a serving jug. Pour a little over the pears and put the rest on the table. Gabbiano Chianti is available in branches of Sainsbury priced from £5.99 Seasonal Gabbiano recipes from Giancarlo & Katie Caldesi