4 poached pears with ginger and port Recipes

a 1 1/2-inch piece fresh gingerroot, firm-ripe bartlett , anjou, or comice pears with stems intact, water, sugar, tawny port, fresh lemon juice

firm-ripe bartlett pears, peeled but with stems intact, red wine (australian shiraz), sugar, tawny port, lemon , juice and zest of, ginger, peeled and bruised, cinnamon stick

whole allspice, pink peppercorns, fresh ginger , cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, cinnamon stick, by 1-inch) strip of zest from a navel orange, removed with a vegetable peeler, cranberry juice cocktail, tawny port, dried cranberries, sugar, firm-ripe bosc or anjou pears with stems