White Wine Roasted Pears With Hazelnut Ice Cream

I was just recently given a bunch of cooking magazines. This recipe was in 'cooking with paula deen' from food network. It looks amazing. Pics coming soon!!

Steps

In a small saucepan , combine wine , 1 cup sugar , honey , zests , cardamom , clove , and vanilla bean.

Bring to a boil over high heat.

Reduce heat and simmer until mixture is reduced by half , about 20 minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.

Preheat oven to 350f generously grease a 13x9 baking dish.

Using a melon baller , scoop out center of pears , removing seeds.

Place pears , cut side up , in prepared baking dish.

Using a pastry brush , evenly coat pears with cooled wine mixture.

Sprinkle pears with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.

Bake for 20 minutes or until pears are fork tender.

Remove from oven and cool slightly.

To serve , place each pear in a mini tart and scoop hazelnut ice cream into center of each pear.

Repeat with remaining pears , and ice cream.

Garnish with hazelnuts and fresh mint.

If desired.

Serve immediately.

Hazelnut ice cream:in small saucepan , combine half and half , sugar , vanilla bean and vanilla.

Cook over medium hi.

Ingredients

sweet white wine, sugar, honey, fresh lemon zest, orange zest, cardamom, clove, vanilla bean, anjou pears, ice cream, hazelnuts, of fresh mint, half-and-half, vanilla extract, egg yolks