Pears baked in red wine

Ingredients (Serving Size : 4) :

4 pears
¼ liter of red wine
250 g powdered sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 Tahitian vanilla bean
1 clove stick
1 pinch of gray pepper.

Peel the pears and leave whole.

To prepare a thick syrup, mix the red wine, sugar, spices and fruit in a large saucepan. Cover and simmer over a med-low flame for about 30 minutes.

Remove the pears from saucepan and arrange (in a upright position) in a dessert serving dish.

Continue to boil down syrup in an uncovered saucepan until it thickens. Pour thick syrup over pears.

Serve either cold or warm.