Pears In Pineapple Cream
| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy | Desserts | 4 | Servings | |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 | T | Lemon juice |
| 4 | Firm pears | |
| 4 | Pieces crystallized ginger | |
| cut in halves | ||
| 2 | T | Butter |
| 1 | T | Light-brown sugar |
| 2/3 | c | Pineapple juice |
| 2/3 | c | Whipping cream |
| Fresh bay leaves | ||
| Toasted flaked almonds |
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 375'F. (190'C.). Lightly grease a shallow baking dish. Fill a bowl with cold water and add lemon juice. Peel pears and cut in half. Cut away stems and remove cores with a teaspoon. Drop prepared pears in lemon water. Pat pears dry on paper towels. Place a piece of crystallized ginger into "well" of each pear half. Arrange pears, cut-sides down, in greased dish. Put butter, brown sugar and pineapple juice into a saucepan and heat gently to dissolve sugar. Add whipping cream and boil 5 minutes. Pour sauce over pears. Cover and bake in preheat oven 1 hour or until pears are tender and sauce has thickened. Baste pears with sauce several times during baking. Place pears on a warm serving plate and spoon sauce over pears. Arrange bay leaves to resemble pear leaves and garnish with almonds. Serve hot. From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 347
Calories From Fat: 182
Total Fat: 20.8g
Cholesterol: 69.6mg
Sodium: 18.6mg
Potassium: 359.9mg
Carbohydrates: 43.5g
Fiber: 7.5g
Sugar: 28.7g
Protein: 1.9g