1. Preheat oven to 400 F. 2. Prepare a syrup by stirring the sugar in 1-1/2 cups water over medium heat until dissolved & then allowing to boil over high heat about 10 minutes, without stirring. Flavor the syrup with the vanilla extract to taste. 3. Peel the pears & place in a baking dish with the vanilla flavored syrup. Bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour. Remove, cool, and chill the pears. 4. Serve the pears standing in a bed of vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce. LA SCALA SANTA MONICA BLVD, BEVERLY HILLS WINE:CHIANTI CLASICO RISERVA 74 From the . Downloaded from G Internet, G Internet.