Low Fat Wine-poached Pears Recipe

Ingredients

6 bosc pears

1 cup sauterne

-- or port

1 cup water

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 cinnamon sticks

5 whole cloves

1 lemon, cut in strips ,

-- zest of

1/2 lemon, juice of

Method

1.Peel pears, leaving stem intact.

Using a small melon baller, remove stems and seeds from bottoms of pears.

2.In a saucepan that will accommodate pears upright, combine wine, water, sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, lemon zest and lemon juice.

Bring to a boil.

Add pears, cook over medium heat, maintaining a boil for 5 minutes.

Remove from heat, allow pears to cool slowly.

Baste pears occasionally with poaching liquid.

3.When completely cooled, chill pears.

Serve on individual dessert plates; spoon liquid over pears.

Per serving: About 180 cal, 1 g pro, 40 g car,1 g fat, 3% cal from fat, 0 mg chol, 3 mg sod, 6 g fiber.

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