Bosc pears become tender and caramelized on the outside when baked with a butter-and-sugar coating and basted with red wine. This is a super-easy dessert to serve for company.
With vegetable peeler, remove peel from orange in 2” by ½” strips.
Reserve orange for another use.
With melon baller or small knife, remove cores and seeds from pears by cutting through blossom end (bottom) of pears; leave peels on and stems attached.
In shallow 1½- to 2-quart glass or ceramic baking dish, combine orange peel, wine, and water.
Place sugar in medium bowl.
Hold pears, one at a time, over bowl of sugar.
Use pastry brush to brush pears with melted butter, then sprinkle with sugar until coated.
Stand pears in baking dish.
Sprinkle any remaining sugar into baking dish around pears.
Bake pears 35 to 40 minutes or until tender when pierced with tip of small knife, basting occasionally with syrup in baking dish.
Cool pears slightly, about 30 minutes, to serve warm.
Or cool completely; cover and refrigerate up to 1 day.