Poached Pears in Ginger-Lemon Sauce |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Ingredients:
1 lemon |
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, cut in julienne strips |
1/2 cup sugar |
to taste water |
6 medium asian pears, peeled with stems attached (2 1/2 to 3-inches diameter) (firm) |
to taste lightly sweetened whipped cream (optional) |
Directions:
1. With a vegetable peeler, pare yellow part only of peel from lemon.
2. Cut peel into julienne strips to make 1 table- spoon.
3. Ream enough lemon to make 1 tablespoon juice. In a 5 to 6 quart pan, combine lemon peel, lemon juice, ginger, sugar and 3 cups water.
4. Bring to a boil.
5. Add pears and more water, if needed, to cover them.
6. Simmer, covered, until pears are tender when pierced, about 30 minutes.
7. Put pears in 6 shallow-rimmed dishes or shallow bowls.
8. On high heat, boil syrup, uncovered, until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 40 minutes.
9. Pour syrup over pears.
10. Cool, cover and chill until cold or up to 2 days.
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