Poached Pears In Syrup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup dessert wine
1 None vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
1 None cinnamon stick
1 strip orange peel
4 None Bosc pears, peeled and left whole

Preparation

Place 2 cups water, sugar, wine, vanilla, cinnamon stick and orange peel in a large saucepan on high heat. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 15 mins.
Place pears, upright, in syrup and continue to simmer for 10-15 mins, until just tender. Transfer pears to serving dish. Discard cinnamon stick, vanilla bean and orange peel from syrup. Pour syrup over pears to serve.