Red Wine-Poached Pears with Black Pepper and Cloves

Name: Red Wine-Poached Pears with Black Pepper and Cloves
Cuisine: Europe, French
Ingredients: 1 bottle, red wine (750-ml, about 3 cups), such as a Cotes du Rhone, Pinot Noir, or Merlot; 3/4 cup, sugar (5 1/4 ounces/149 grams); 25 , black peppercorns; 3 , whole cloves; 3 sprigs, fresh thyme; 5 sprigs, fresh mint leaves; 1 , vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, seed scraped out and reserved (see the illustrations); 1/2 , cinnamon stick; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 6 , ripe but firm pears (about 8 ounces each), preferably Bosc or Bartlett

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SERVES 6

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