Oven Roasted Sausages with Apples Pears and Riesling

Ingredients

• 2 Tbs. unsalted butter
• 1 Tbs. brown sugar
• 3 Bosc pears (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled, halved, and cored
• 3 Granny Smith apples (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled, halved, and cored
• Kosher salt
• 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice, from about 2 to 3 oranges, or store-bought prepared orange juice
• 1 cup late-harvest wine, such as Riesling or Gewürztraminer
• 1 tsp. grated orange zest
• 2 slices fresh ginger
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/8 tsp. anise seed, crushed
• 9 sweet Italian pork sausages (about 2 pounds), pricked with a fork