Green Tea-Poached Asian Pears with Pistachio Cream Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 Asian pears
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 cups freshly brewed green team such as Dragonwell
• 1 2-inch piece of fresh ginger root peeled and sliced into thin coins
• peel of half an average-sized lemon
• 1 large sprig fresh mint
• Pistachio Cream Sauce
• 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt, well drained
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp pure maple syrup
• 1 cup shelled, skinned, coarsely chopped natural pistachio nuts