Pae-suk (배숙) Pears with Honey and Ginger

So I've never actually had this, but it looks so good and fairly simple to make, that I had to translate the recipe. Plus, the photo in my cookbook looked so darn beautiful.

Ingredients: (2-3 servings)
1 Asian Pear (~800g) (배)
2 pieces whole ginger, peeled and sliced
24 black peppercorns
1/3 cup honey
6 cups water
1 small spoon pine nuts

Steps:

1. Put the ginger and water in a pan.  Heat over medium heat until boiling gently.  When the ginger has fully infused (10-15 minutes I'd guess), remove with a strainer.
2. Peel the pear.  Cut into 8 equal parts and remove the seeds.  With a paring knife, round all the corners.
3. Push 3 peppercorns into the back of each pear slice, evenly spaced.  Put honey and pears in with the ginger-water.  Boil slowly until pears are semi-transparent.  When everything is finished, chill.
4. Serve the pears in a bowl, floating in the ginger-water.  Garnish with pine nuts.