6 Comice or Williams pears
1 bottle of red wine (preferably pinot noir or gamay)
150 gr of sugar
1 vanilla pod split in half (length way)
½ cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 lemon

1. In a large pan, pour the red wine, sugar, vanilla and spices, bring to the boil and cook for 3 minutes.
2. In the meantime peal the pears, cut them in half and remove the peeps, rub the lemon gently on each pear to avoid the flesh to become black.
3. Plunge the pears in the wine and cook 10 to 15 minutes and turn the pears half way through the cooking.
4. Leave to cool in the wine syrup overnight.

5. Served the pears with vanilla ice cream and red wine syrup.