Bosc Pears Poached In Red Wine

Recipe Ingredients

4		Ripe Bosc pears (medium)
4		Oranges - juiced (medium)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons	30ml	Grated orange rind
1 2/3 cups	394ml	Red wine
		= (such as Cabernet Sauvignon)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Honey

Recipe Instructions

Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add the pears and cook for 15 to 20 seconds. Remove the pears from the pot and immediately place in a bowl of ice water.

Remove the skin from the pears. Slice the pears in half and remove the seeds.

Combine the juice of the oranges, the lemon and orange rinds, the red wine, and the honey and bring to a simmer. Add the pears, cover, and cook for 10 to 20 minutes, or until the pears are tender. Serve each pear with the sauce.

This recipe yields 4 servings. Serving size: 1/2 pear.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 Fruit, 1 Other Carbohydrates.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 250; Calories from Fat 10; Total Fat 1g; Saturated Fat 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 7mg; Carbohydrate 46g; Dietary Fiber 5g; Sugars 34g; Protein 2g.

Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org

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