Chai Ice Cream With Poached Pears

• 3 cups heavy cream
• 4 tea bags chai
• 6 large egg yolks
• 3/4 cup sugar
• poached pears
• 1 1/4 cups caster sugar
• 1 pinch saffron threads
• 4 pears peeled, halved, cored
• 1 vanilla bean split

1. In a medium saucepan, bring cream to boiling point on high. Remove from heat and add teabags. Set aside 5 minutes.
2. In a bowl, whisk egg yolks with sugar, until very thick and pale.
3. Strain cream into a bowl, discarding teabags, then whisk gradually into yolk mixture.
4. Return mixture to clean saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, 4-5 minutes, until mixture thickens and coats back of a wooden spoon; do not boil.
5. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Pour into the bowl of an ice-cream machine and churn following manufacturer's instructions. Pour into chilled freezer container. Freeze 2-4 hours to set.
6. To make poached pears, combine sugar and 5 cups water in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Add saffron; increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Add pears and vanilla, ensuring pears are covered by liquid. Cover with parchment paper to keep pears submerged. Reduce heat to low; simmer 30-35 minutes, until just tender. Allow to cool slightly.
7. Remove pears from poaching liquid. Bring liquid back to a boil and boil 10-15 minutes, until thickened and syrupy.
8. Serve pears warm or cool, with ice cream and syrup.

heavy cream, chai, egg yolks, sugar, pears, caster sugar, saffron threads, vanilla bean split

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chai-Ice-Cream-with-Poached-Pears-1399886 (may not work)