Spiced Poached Pears | Kowalski's Markets

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 2 cups brown sugar
• ½ cup Kowalski's Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice (or the juice of about 2 lemons)
• ½ cup freshly squeezed no-pulp orange juice
• 5 whole cloves
• 5 whole peppercorns
• 3 whole allspice berries
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• plus more for garnish
• if desired
• - pinch kosher salt
• 6 pears
• peeled
• cored and halved lengthwise
• - whole star anise
• for garnish (optional)