Vanilla & Pepper-Poached Pears

• 375 ml/13 fl oz/1½ cups sweet white wine or orange juice
• 10

Preheat the covered slow cooker on HIGH while you assemble the ingredients.

Put the wine, sugar, vanilla pod, peppercorns and orange rind in the cooker, and stir until the sugar dissolves.

Cover the cooker with the lid and cook on HIGH for 1½ hours.

Fifteen minutes before the end of the cooking time, peel the pears, leaving the stalks intact. Use an apple corer or small