Port Poached Pears With Truffle Honey Mascarpone

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups ruby port
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 pears
• 1/3 cup truffle honey
• 1 lb mascarpone cheese

Recipe

• 1 split vanilla beans and scrape out seeds.
• 2 add seeds and pod to port in a 2 quart saucepan along with cinnamon sticks. warm gently to meduim heat.
• 3 peel pears and quarter them. scrape out the core and place into port mixture.
• 4 simmer until tender.
• 5 whip honey and cheese together until well blended.
• 6 drain pears and place on a serving platter.
• 7 drizzle with additional honey and then pipe mascarpone rosettes on each piece.