Name: Caramelized Winter Fruit Stuffed Brie Cheese with a Pinot Poached Pear
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 to 6 (or more if there are lots of apps)
Ingredients: 2 (8 ounce) wheels of brie cheese; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; pinch of cardamom; pinch of salt; 1 apple (peeled and diced); 1 pear (peeled and diced); 1/4 cup whole cranberries (cut into half); 2 cups pinot noir; 2 cinnamon sticks; 1 seckel pear (peeled (or more, if you just want to share, you can probably fit 3 in the pot)); 1 cup sugar (if you’d like to make syrup once the pear is poached)