Pears Poached in Earl Grey Tea with Dried Fruit

Name: Pears Poached in Earl Grey Tea with Dried Fruit Recipe
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 2 Earl Grey tea bags; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 large firm but ripe Bosc pears (about 12 ounces) peeled halved lengthwise cored; 8 dried apricot halves; 4 whole cloves; 1/4 cup dried tart cherries

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Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

2 cups water2 Earl Grey tea bags1/2 cup sugar2 large firm but ripe Bosc pears (about 12 ounces), peeled, halved lengthwise, cored 8 dried apricot halves 4 whole cloves 1/4 cup dried tart cherries

Directions

Bring 2 cups water to boil in medium saucepan. Add tea bags. Remove from heat. Cover and let steep 10 minutes. Discard tea bags.
Add sugar to tea and stir over medium heat until dissolved. Add pears, apricots, and cloves. (Tip: Put cloves in a tea ball.)
Cover and simmer until pears are just tender, about 8 minutes. Add cherries and simmer 1 minute. Using slotted spoon, transfer pears, apricots, and cherries to bowl.
Boil syrup in saucepan until reduced to 3/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Pour syrup over fruit. Chill until cold, about 3 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep chilled.)

Divide fruit and syrup among 4 bowls and serve.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FAITMAKER.

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 218.6
Total Fat: 0.9 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 8.7 mg
Total Carbs: 55.0 g
Dietary Fiber: 6.3 g
Protein: 1.0 g

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Member Reviews

CYBRVELD
Cool! - 11/10/20
PICKIE98
What? Are you kidding? This sounds so elegant and so delicious! - 6/4/18
SEANLOTZ
I really liked this. Normally I poach pears in wine, and this is a great idea for when I don't want to use wine. - 3/4/17
ROBBIEY
I have to try this, I have plenty of Earl Grey Tea. - 2/7/17
PARTSBANK
This was a success at a recent Thanksgiving dinner. For my version used Constant Comment tea bags - which gave it more of a cinnamon-spicy taste. Next time I will see what the Bergamot flavor of Earl Grey will do. I split the pears into quarters lengthwise, and added more dried fruit. - 11/24/12