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Fruits Vegetarian Fruits, Mine 6 Servings

INGREDIENTS

6 Ripe pears
Bartlett or Comice
1/2 c Water
1/4 c Brown sugar
1 Cinnamon stick
1 Star anise, opt
1/4 c Dried cherries
substitute raisins
or currants if
unavailable
1 c Port wine

INSTRUCTIONS

Rinse the pears; peel them and leave them whole with the stems  intact.
In a heavy nonreactive saucepan, combine the water, brown  sugar,
cinnamon, star anise, cherries, and wine. Add the pears.  Simmer until
the pears are cooked through but still firm, 15-20  minutes. Remove the
pears and reduce the liquid to a thick, syrupy  glaze, about 15
minutes. Spoon the glaze and the cherries over the  pears.  Taste best
serve at room temperature. Make them early in the day and  leave
covered until ready to serve. Can be refrigerated for 3 days.  Return
to room temperature before serving.  The Occasional Vegetarian by Karen
Lee ISBN 0-446-51792-5 pg 261  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by
q591b4@ilos.net on Oct 26, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 97
Calories From Fat: 1
Total Fat: <1g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 5.1mg
Potassium: 107.2mg
Carbohydrates: 25.2g
Fiber: 1.9g
Sugar: 16.4g
Protein: <1g


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