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.
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