Fall Fruit Compote

• 2 cups apple juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 (2 1/2- by 1/2-inch) strips fresh lemon zest
• 1 cinnamon stick, halved
• 3 whole cloves
• 10 black peppercorns, cracked
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 firm pears, peeled and each cut into 8 wedges with core removed
• 1/2 cup dried apricots
• 1/2 cup dried tart cherries
• 4 dried Calimyrna figs, quartered
• 2 tablespoons Calvados
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1. Bring apple juice, sugar, zest, and spices to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and simmer 5 minutes.
2. Add butter, pears, and dried fruit and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until pears are tender, about 25 minutes.
3. Pour liquid through a sieve into another saucepan and boil until reduced to cup.
4. Pour liquid back over fruit and stir in Calvados and lemon juice.
5. Serve warm or at room temperature.

apple juice, sugar, lemon zest, cinnamon, cloves, black, unsalted butter, firm pears, apricots, cherries, figs, calvados, lemon juice

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/fall-fruit-compote-102596 (may not work)