Pears Poached in Red Wine with Ginger and Mascarpone Recipe

Name: Pears Poached in Red Wine with Ginger and Mascarpone Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 750ml dry red wine; 1/3 cup (75g) brown sugar; 2 whole star anises; 1 tspn whole black peppercorns; 20g young ginger root, peeled and sliced thinly; 2 rosemary sprigs; 4 Packham pears (660g); 2 tbspn Maggie Beer Verjuice; 50g unsalted butter, softened; 2 tbspn crystallised ginger; To Serve; 1 cup (250ml) mascarpone; 1 tbspn crystallised ginger, roughly chopped; 1 tspn nasturtium petals, if available