Pears And Pudding Provide A Peerless Treat
Glazed Pears à la Kozy Shack
Suggested Wine : Ricossa Moscato D'Asti
11⁄2 cups Merlot wine
1 cup Muscato wine
1 cup water
1⁄2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
4 pears (Bartlett or D'Anjou)
1⁄4 container whipped topping
1 container Kozy Shack® No Sugar Added Vanilla Pudding & Pie Filling
Stir 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into Kozy Shack pudding, mix well and return pudding to refrigerator. Mix both types of wine, water, sugar, cinnamon and another teaspoon of vanilla in a medium-sized pot over medium heat. While sauce is heating, peel pears and cut a slice off the bottom so they can stand on their own. In another pot, boil water for the pears. Once sauce is boiling, put pears in on their side. Simmer pears over medium/medium-high heat with lid on for 10 to 20 minutes, turning every 3 minutes or so, until pears are just tender when poked with a fork. Remove pears to a plate or cutting board to cool. Turn heat up under sauce and bring to a rapid boil until liquid reduces drastically in volume and is a thicker sauce, 10–20 minutes. Remove from heat. While waiting for pears to cool, gently fold 2 tablespoons of the Kozy Shack pudding into the whipped topping and set aside. Once pears are cool, scoop out the core and part of the center of the pear from the bottom using a melon baller or a small metal measuring spoon. Put 1⁄2 cup Kozy Shack pudding into a plastic zippered bag. Push the pudding to one corner and cut that corner off the bag. Squeeze pudding into cavity in pears. To serve, stand 1 pear up on a plate, drizzle with glaze, and garnish with a dollop of the whipped topping and pudding mix. Put 1 mint leaf on the whipped topping.
