Chilled Pear Soup

• 8 each pears peeled, cored, diced
• 2 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 4 tablespoons rice brown syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger finely minced, peeled, or 1/2 ts powdered ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon anise extract optional
• 1 x mint leaves fresh
• 1 x strawberries for garnish

1. Bring the pears, water, and salt to a simmer.
2. Add the rice syrup and ginger (and the anise extract, if you wish).
3. Simmer for 3 more minutes.
4. Allow the mixture to cool.
5. Then puree the mixture and chill.
6. Serve garnished with mint leaves or strawberries.

water, salt, rice brown syrup, ginger, anise, mint, strawberries

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chilled-pear-soup-32450 (may not work)