Low Fat Wine-Poached Pears Recipe

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.
2. Using a small melon baller, remove stems and seeds from bottoms of pears.
3. In a saucepan that will accommodate pears upright, combine wine, water, sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, lemon zest and lemon juice.
4. Bring to a boil.
5. Add pears, cook over medium heat, maintaining a boil for 5 minutes.
6. Remove from heat, allow pears to cool slowly.
7. Baste pears occasionally with poaching liquid.
8. When completely cooled, chill pears.
9. Serve on individual dessert plates; spoon liquid over pears.
10. 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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