Spiced Poached Pears With Burnt Sugar Ice Cream

Ingredients

some poaching liquid over the top
1 c wine
1 c water
1/2 c sugar
1 orange
1 lemon
2 lemons juice
2 oranges
2 cinnamon sticks
4 slices ginger
6 peppercorns
1 vanilla bean
4 under-ripe pears
1 cup over high hea return pears to liquid
2 tablespoons poaching liquid per pear
8 protein
78 carbohydrate
31 fat
17 saturated
305 mg cholesterol
110 mg sodium
4 fiber

Instructions

From an article by Andrew Schloss in the San Francisco Chronicle, 11/11/92.