HONEY-POACHED PEARS - Cuisine Magazine - From New Zealand to the World

Ingredients

• 8 pears (or use apples, peaches or figs)
• ½ cup honey
• 1 teaspoon rosewater
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1-inch piece ginger, sliced
• 6 pods cardamom, slit with a knife
• 8 cups water, or enough to partially submerge pears
• 1 cup wine, white or red (optional)
• natural yoghurt, honey, chopped nuts, to serve