Wine Jelly Poached Pears

Poached pears are sophisticated, decadent and very do-able.  With only 3 ingredients including the fruit, these pears will stun your guests. The color of wine jelly poached pears are extraordinary and the taste sublime. Poaching pears is not hard, but requires a little bit of attention to make them perfectly.  I occasionally baste the pears …

Jelly Land

I moved into jelly land this week. Yup, I plunked myself down right in the middle of stacks of jars, mounds of sugar and bottles of alcohol.  No, the alcohol was not to console me because it is the dead of winter and fresh produce is hard to come by, it was all part of …