Pear and Red Wine Ice

If preparing the ice in a sorbetière or ice cream maker, follow the manufacturer’s instructions. If it is frozen in ice cube trays, it should be scraped out into a bowl when about two-thirds frozen, whisked briefly and returned to the trays to finish freezing. It may be prepared the previous day with no fear of its becoming too hard as the alcohol contained in the last addition of wine and in the eau-de-vie de poire (colorless, unsweetened, distilled pear alcohol) will prevent it fro