Serves 6 Ingredients:
• 6 Bosc or Anjou pears (not overripe)
• 1 ½ cups dry white wine
• ½ cup water
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 strips lemon zest, about 2 inches long
• 1 vanilla bean Directions: With a demitasse spoon or melon baller, working from the bottom of the pears, scoop out the core and seeds.
In a saucepan large enough to hold all of the pears upright, bring the wine, water, sugar, lemon zest, and vanil…