Jacki’s Review of Poached Pears

I almost felt like a gourmet chef making these with the simmering and reducing, the pear stem attached  etc.  We both thought they tasted good and it smelled heavenly while it was cooking with the orange and vanilla and cloves.  I didn’t have whole cloves so I just sprinkled some ground cloves in.  My pears were still a tad firm (not overly ripe)  so it was a little hard to cut while eating.  I ended up cooking it about 10 minutes longer that it said  to get the sauce reduced down.   Good flavor combination with the pear and orange and chocolate – yummy.