Pears Cooked In Wine
| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Servings | |||
INGREDIENTS
| 6 | Pears, with stems | |
| 1 | 3" piece ginger, peeled | |
| 4 | c | Water |
| 2 | c | Sugar |
| 2 | T | Lemon juice |
| 6 | T | Port wine |
| 2 | Cloves | |
| 1 | 2" stick cinnamon |
INSTRUCTIONS
Slice ginger and then julienne it into thin strips 2.Pour the water into a saucepan large enough to hold the 6 pears side by side. Add the sugar, the ginger, the lemon juice,the clove and the cinnamon. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Let cook 5 minutes. Strain and bring to boil again. 3. Peel pears leaving 1" of the stems. Cut off a slice in the bottom so pears can stand upright 4. Place pears in the boiling liquid and cook 30 minutes until tender. Add 5 tbs wine and cook another 10 minutes. 5. Tranfer pears to a serving dish or individual dishes. 6. Let liquid in pan reduce to 2 cups. 7. Add 1 more tbs wine. 8. Pour sauce over pears. 9. Serve with ice cream. May be served warm or cold. Recipe by: Criativa Magazine altered by Miriam P. Posvolsky Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #778 by Leon & Miriam Posvolsky <miriamp@pobox.com> on Sep 10, 1997
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 1688
Calories From Fat: 5
Total Fat: <1g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 38.7mg
Potassium: 332.5mg
Carbohydrates: 437.6g
Fiber: 8.5g
Sugar: 420.5g
Protein: 1.1g