Poached Pears

I love pears, I love wine, I love ice cream. So how perfect when they come together for this desert!

1 1/2C red wine
1/2C apple juice
1C pomegranate cranberry juice
2 pieces crystallized ginger chopped into small pieces
1tsp cinnamon
1/2tsp allspice
1tbsp vanilla
1/3 cup brown sugar

4 red firm but ripe pears peeled but not cored
vanilla ice cream

Mix the first 7 ingredients into a pot and heat to almost a boil. Add the pears to the liquid and cover the pot with a lid. Make sure that the liquid only simmers and does not boil. Cook for 20 minutes turning pears after about 10 minutes so all sides soak in the liquid.
When done, take pears out setting aside to cool. Let the liquid cook another 15 minutes to thicken. If it needs more thickening you can by mixing 1 tbsp cornstarch with 1 tbsp cold water in a cup and stir consistently the pot as you add the cornstarch mixture to the sauce.
Cut 1/2 a pear lengthwise in thin slices into a bowl, add a scoop of ice cream pour a few spoonfuls of sauce overtop. I cut thin strips of a piece of the crystallized ginger and put on top for a nice presentation, be careful not to overdue that.
A glass of wine on the side is nice too.
Enjoy!