Mulled pears, three ways - delicious. magazine

Ingredients

• 125g golden caster sugar
• 6 ripe but firm pears
• Squeeze lemon juice
• For the red wine pears
• 750ml full-bodied red wine
• Pared zest 1 orange
• 1 star anise
• 4 peppercorns
• ¼ tsp grated nutmeg
• For the cider pears
• 500ml dry apple cider +250ml water
• 1 apple, cut into wedges
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 cloves
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• For the white tea pears
• 2 tsp white tea leaves, infused in 750ml boiling water for 5 minutes, then strained
• Pared zest 1 lemon
• 3 cardamom pods, bashed