Oven-Roasted Sausages with Riesling, Apples, and Pears

Ingredients

• 2 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 Tbs. unsalted butter
• 9 sweet Italian pork sausages, pricked with a fork
• 1⁄8 tsp. anise seed, crushed
• 2 slices fresh ginger
• 1 tsp. grated orange zest
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 1 cup late-harvest wine, such as Riesling or Gewürztraminer
  • 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice, from about 2 to 3 oranges, or store-bought prepared orange juice
  • Kosher salt
  • 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, halved, and cored
  • 3 Bosc pears, peeled, halved, and cored
  • 1 Tbs. brown sugar

Heat the oven to 375°F. Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the brown sugar and cook until it is melted. Add the pears and apples, cut side down, in a single layer, and cook until they are golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and place the pears and apples i...

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