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apple juice sugar lemon zest cinnamon cloves black unsalted butter firm pears apricots cherries figs Calvados lemon juice
Viewed: 44 - Published at: 2 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups apple juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 (2 1/2- by 1/2-inch) strips fresh lemon zest
- 1 cinnamon stick, halved
- 3 whole cloves
- 10 black peppercorns, cracked
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 firm pears, peeled and each cut into 8 wedges with core removed
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 1/2 cup dried tart cherries
- 4 dried Calimyrna figs, quartered
- 2 tablespoons Calvados
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Method
- Bring apple juice, sugar, zest, and spices to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and simmer 5 minutes.
- Add butter, pears, and dried fruit and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until pears are tender, about 25 minutes.
- Pour liquid through a sieve into another saucepan and boil until reduced to cup.
- Pour liquid back over fruit and stir in Calvados and lemon juice.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.