Cranberry-raspberry Tea-poached Pears

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 firm ripe pears
• 2 cups water
• 3 red zesty herbal tea bags (hibiscus, rosehip and lemongrass flavor)
• 2 cups cranberry-raspberry juice
• 2 tablespoons red cinnamon candies

Recipe

• 1 peel pears, leaving stems intact. cut a very thin slice from bottom of pears, if needed, to keep from tipping over on serving plates.
• 2 in a 3-quart saucepan, heat water to boiling; remove from heat. add tea bags; let steep 10 minutes. squeeze tea from tea bags; discard bags. stir juice and candies into tea. heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until candies are melted.
• 3 arrange pears upright and close together in the saucepan. heat to boiling; reduce heat. cover and simmer about 20 minutes, spooning sauce over pears occasionally, until pears are tender when pierced with tip of sharp knife.
• 4 remove pears from syrup. cook syrup over medium-high heat about 20 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. serve sauce over pears.