Pear Compote

Description
In Romanian: Compot de pere

Ingredients

 * 2 lbs / 1 kg pears
 * 3 cups water
 * 10 oz / 300 g sugar
 * juice from 1 lemon
 * a little cinnamon
 * 2 – 3 cloves

Directions

 * 1) Peel, seed and quarter the pears.
 * 2) Dip each quarter into lemon juice.
 * 3) Set the water and sugar to boil.
 * 4) Add pears, cinnamon and cloves.
 * 5) Cover and let simmer until the pears are soft.
 * 6) Serve cold.