Ingredients:
3 or 4 Ripe Pears (firm but sweet)
4 Star Anise
3 or 4 Cloves
1 Cinnamon stick
1 - 2 kumkats (finely chopped) or grated rind of half a medium orange (optional)
1 bottle of red wine - enough wine to almost cover the pears.
1/4 - 1/2 cup coconut or date sugar
2 tbsp of honey
Steps:
Peal the pears (more carefully than i did in these pics ;) and lay them in a medium cooking pot (pot should be tall enough so that the pears can be almost submerged in the red wine.
Add the spices wine and sugar
Cover the pot and place on a medium heat for 20 mins. Cooking on a steady simmer. (not a rolling boil).
After 20 mins turn the pears over and recover, continue to cook for another 20 mins.
Repeat - after 20 mins turn the pears over and continue to cook for another 10 mins - try to get all of the light patches into the wine (total cooking time 50 mins).
Add the honey, stir well into the reduced wine liqueur.
Serve the pears in the reduced / mulled wine liqueur.