Name: Poached Pears and Cherries in Port
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

So what does the Christ-honoring, non-materialistic family look like? They invest primarily in the things that will leave this world with them and as a team they are all on this same pursuit. They experience freedom and more time for the things most important because they have limited resources that they own in order not to be owned by them. They experience constant joy because the only source of joy they expect is from the Lord. They do not need to have stuff to impress others because the only person they seek to please is the Lord. They have no compelling love for the shadows of the world because their hearts see the true Substance, the beauty of God’s marvelous light. They have their priorities right: things are to be used and people are to be loved. They are content people following Christ and therefore have a great family because their mutual trust is not in material things which will let us down, but in the One who always delivers.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
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

1. Rinse the pears; peel them and leave them whole with the stems intact.
2. 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.
3. 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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