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Mint Poached Pears

Ingredients
6 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 oz. mint, destemmed & rough shopped
4 whole cloves
2 jiggers fine Kentucky Bourbon

Fruit of choice - pears, apples, etc.

Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to a slow boil.
Add peeled pears and return liquid to a simmer. Simmer pears in liquid for approximately 10 minutes.
Remove from poaching liquid & serve hot or cold.