Spice Poached Pears by Dorie Greenspan

This is what you will need:

• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 orange juice
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 cup white wine or 1/4 cup brandy or port (optional)
• zest of 1/2 orange peeled with a vegetable peeler
• zest of 1/2 lemon peeled with a vegetable peeler
• 2 pieces star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 2? portion of vanilla bean, split and opened up with your fingers
• 3 medium bartlett pears, just shy of ripe, peeled, cored, and split in half.

This is how you make it:

1. Put all ingredients except for the pears in a medium saucepan over medium high heat until mixture begins to boil.
2. Reduce heat when boiling begins to a low syrup for 5 minutes until sugar dissolves and mixture simmers.
3. With a slotted spoon, drop pear halves in liquid, cover, and continue to simmer.
4. Check fruit with a sharp knife every 3-4 minutes until the knife goes through easily.
5. Do not over poach! Knife should go through easily but a little resistance is fine.
6. Exact time will depend on ripeness of fruit or variety.
7. Transfer pears to a bowl and continue to boil the syrup for 10 minutes or until liquid measures about 1 cup or desired consistency.
8. Pour syrup over fruit and allow to cool to warm or room temperature.

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