Spiced Poached Autumn Fruit

Spiced Poached Autumn Fruit

Serves 4

Recipe by Tjaart Walraven

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle red wine, Cabernet Sauvignon
• 250 ml water
• 150 g caster sugar
• 1 vanilla pod cut in half, length ways
• ½ cinnamon stick
• 5 black peppercorns
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cloves
• 2 slices lemon, skin on
• 2 slices orange, skin on
• 4 ripe pears, peeled
• 1 baby pineapple, peeled, quartered and cored
• 1 Quince, peeled, quartered and cored
• 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, quartered and cored 

Method: 

1. Place a saucepan on a high heat
2. Pour the red wine into the hot saucepan and bring to the boil rapidly
3. Add the water, caster sugar, citrus slices and all the spices, boil for 1 minute
4. Add the pears and quince for 20 minutes
5. Cover with a piece of grease proof
6. Add the pineapple and apple segment’s, poach for a further 10 minutes
7. Allow the fruit to cool in their own cooking juices before serving, preferably the next day.