Creamed Coconut Rice with Jasmine Tea Poached Pears

Ingredients

• 4 pears, peeled
• 3 cups strongly brewed Jasmine Tea (or Earl Grey, Green, Lapsang souchong)
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 clove
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 Star anise
• 400 ml can coconut milk, shaken well
• 1 cup cream, as needed
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 split vanilla bean (or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence)
• ¼ tsp ground cardamom
• 1 ½ cups cooked Jasmine Rice (you can also use any short grain)
• Toasted Flaked coconut, and pistachios to serve