Poached Apples with Vanilla Yogurt

Ingredients

• •1½ cups fruity red wine
• •¾ cup sugar
• •⅓ cup fresh orange juice
• •2 strips orange peel
• •1 strip lemon peel
• •1 stick cinnamon stick
• •1 whole star anise
• •4 medium apples
• •1 cup Greek-style yogurt
• •1½ tablespoons honey
• •1 bean vanilla bean

Cooking Instructions

1. 1.

   Combine wine, sugar, orange juice, orange peel, lemon peel, cinnamon stick, star anise, and 2 cups water in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add apples; reduce heat to low and simmer, occasionally rotating apples, until tender when pierced with a sharp knife, 25-30 minutes.

   30 min

2. 2.

   Using a slotted spoon, transfer apples to a plate and set aside. Strain poaching liquid in pan into a small saucepan, discarding solids in strainer. Set saucepan over medium-high heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until poaching liquid is syrupy and reduced to about 3/4 cup, 10-15 minutes (syrup will thicken as it cools).

   15 min

3. 3.

   Combine yogurt and honey in a small bowl. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; whisk until the yogurt sauce is smooth and well blended.

   5 min

4. 4.

   Divide yogurt sauce among plates. Place warm apples on top. Drizzle syrup over.

   5 min