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Grilled Fruit with Spiced Chai Syrup
2006, Ellie Krieger, All rights reserved

Ingredients
Spiced Chai Syrup:
1/2 cup water
1 chai tea-bag
3/4 cup honey
5 peppercorns
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
2 cardamom pods
1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled
2 whole cloves

Grilled bananas:
Cooking spray
4 ripe, firm bananas

Directions
For the syrup: In a small saucepan, boil 1/2 cup water. Turn off heat,
add tea-bag and brew tea, leaving bag in the water until cool and tea is very dark. Remove tea-bag,
squeezing out excess tea. Add honey and all of the spices. Bring liquid to a boil, then reduce heat
and simmer 5 to 7 minutes, or until liquid has slightly reduced and you are left with 1 cup of
liquid. Remove from heat and cool for half an hour. Using a fine-meshed sieve or tea brewer, strain
out whole spices. Syrup should be thinner than honey, but still have body.

For the bananas: Preheat grill or grill pan sprayed with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Slice
bananas in half lengthwise. Grill fruit until slightly softened and light grill marks form, about 2
to 3 minutes per side. Place 2 banana halves on a dessert plate and drizzle with 2 tablespoons
syrup.