Thursday, December 4, 2008

Brie and Poached Pears on Focaccia w/Lavender Lemonade

I had a craving after lunch for a Brie and poached pear sandwich after walking by crossroads today. I had some pizza dough left over from the yam pizza still in the freezer, so I defrosted that and baked it topped with salt, rosemary, and lavender. While poaching the pears, it hit me, why not add more lemons, steep some lavender, and make lemonade! It was great. I also put some mint leaves into the sandwich which ended up complimenting with the flavor of the rye in the bread.

1 Foccacia bread (50% rye), salt, lavender, rosemary
2 Pears poached in
4 cups water
1.25 cups sugar
1 zest of a lemon
1 juice of a lemon
Remove pears and slice

turn off heat on poaching solution and add:
juice of 3 lemons
5 sprigs of lavender

let the lavender steep for about 10 minutes or so.

Pour over ice and add soda water.

To make the sandwich spread a nice layer of brie over the bread.
layer the sliced pears, top some mint on top.

I was pretty happy with the results, will repeat.

1 comment:

Tanya said...

Friendly suggestion: add pics! :)