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Poached Pears with Fresh Ginger
Recipe courtesy Drop 5 Lbs with Good Housekeeping
- Total Time:
- 4 hr 45 min
- Prep:
- 10 min |
- Inactive Prep:
- 4 hr |
- Cook:
- 35 min
- Level:
- Easy
- Yield:
- 8 servings
Ingredients
- 8 firm but ripe Bartlett or Bosc pears (about 3 1/2 pounds)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 strips orange peel, each about 3-by-1-inch
- One 3-inch stick cinnamon
- One 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut crosswise into 16 thin slices
Directions
Peel the pears and, with a melon baller or small knife, remove the core and blossom end (bottom) of each pear.
Place the pears, sugar, orange peels, cinnamon stick, ginger and 6 cups water in a 6 or 8-quart Dutch oven. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer until the pears are tender, about 15 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the pears to a large bowl.
Heat the pear poaching liquid to boiling over high heat and cook, uncovered, over high heat until the syrup is reduced to about 3 cups, about 15 minutes.
Gently pour the hot syrup through a strainer over the pears. Transfer the cinnamon stick, orange peel strips and 3 slices ginger to the syrup around the pears. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 4 hours, turning the pears occasionally. Serve the pears with the syrup.
Each serving: about 175 calories, 1 gram protein, 45 g carbohydrate, 1 g total fat (0 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 1 mg sodium, 2 g fiber