Port Poached Pears | Blue Flame Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 cup pomegranate juice
• 1 cup port
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 strips lemon peel (3x1 inch each)
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 whole vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
• 1 slice fresh ginger, 1/4 inch thick
• 1 whole star anise
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 4 firm ripe pears, peeled, halved lengthwise and cored
• Vanilla ice cream*