Warm Fall Fruit Dessert

Ingredients

• 4 medium size quince-cored and halved
• 4-5 crisp apples-cored, and sliced into med slices (unpeeled, unless you prefer)
• 1 pint of figs- halved
• 3-4 ripe pears-Bosc or French butter type, cored and sliced into med slices, from top to bottom of pear. (unpeeled unless you prefer)
• Lemon peel from 1 lemon
• 2 cups Chardonnay
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup of water
• 2 table spoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 3-4 Cardamon pods-lightly toasted and lightly crushed
• 1/2 cup of either, cream, creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream