Poached Pears in Red Wine with Cinnamon or Star Anise

Ingredients

• 4 firm pears
• 2 tbsp agave or maple syrup – available from large supermarkets or health food shops
• 300ml/10fl oz red wine – vegan wine is pretty easy to source. See link below
• Pinch of cloves
• Stick of cinnamon OR 1 star anise
• Vegan Booze
• It is pretty easy to get cruelty-free booze – however, while basic ingredients are fine, it’s what some manufacturers use to fine (clarify) wine, beer and cider that can be a problem.
• Viva! Wines sells a good range of all-vegan wines and other animal-friendly tipples!
• Useful sites include
• Vegan Frommars is a very comprehensive website which includes supermarket as well as brand names.
• Veggie Wines covers beer and cider as well as wine.
• Barnivore is a very useful website listing vegan alcoholic drinks.