Grilled Fruit with 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
• Cooking spray
• 4 ripe, firm bananas

1. For the syrup: In a small saucepan, boil 1/2 cup water.
2. Turn off heat, add tea-bag and brew tea, leaving bag in the water until cool and tea is very dark.
3. Remove tea-bag, squeezing out excess tea.
4. Add honey and all of the spices.
5. 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.
6. Remove from heat and cool for half an hour.
7. Using a fine-meshed sieve or tea brewer, strain out whole spices.
8. Syrup should be thinner than honey, but still have body.
9. For the bananas: Preheat grill or grill pan sprayed with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
10. Slice bananas in half lengthwise.
11. Grill fruit until slightly softened and light grill marks form, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.
12. Place 2 banana halves on a dessert plate and drizzle with 2 tablespoons syrup.

water, honey, peppercorns, cinnamon, anise, cardamom pods, fresh ginger, cloves, cooking spray, bananas

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/grilled-fruit-with-spiced-chai-syrup-recipe.html (may not work)