Poached winter fruits in spiced wine - Raymond Blanc OBE

Ingredients

• 400ml Red wine, Cabernet Sauvignon
• 400ml Water
• 100g Sugar, caster
• 1tsp Vanilla syrup
• ½ Cinnamon stick
• 1g Pepper, black
• 2 Bay leaves
• 2 Cloves
• 2 slices Lemon, 1mm thick
• 2 slices Orange, 1mm thick
• 1 Quince, peeled, cored & cut into 4 segments
• ¼ Pineapple peeled, trimmed & cut into 4 segments
• 1 Cox apple peeled & cut into 4 segments, cored
• 1 Ripe pear (Williams preferably), peeled & quartered
• 4 Agen Prunes (optional)