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Volume 3, Number 48 - April 26, 2002
Blushing Pears

 

 
Ingredients:
3 medium fresh D'Anjou pears, about 1 1/2 pounds
2 cups water
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cups rose wine
1/2 cup sugar
3 pieces orange zest or peel (1 x 2 inches each)
3 pieces lemon zest or peel (1 x 2 inches each)
3 drops red food coloring
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Instructions:
Peel pears with vegetable peeler. Cut in half and remove core with melon baller.

In a medium bowl combine water and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Add pears. Set aside.

In a medium stainless or enameled saucepan, combine wine and sugar.

Add zest, food coloring and remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice to syrup.

Bring to a boil. Remove pears from lemon water and immerse them in wine mixture. 

Simmer,uncovered, over medium heat 8 minutes, or until fruit is tender when pierced with a knife tip.

Remove pears from syrup with slotted spoon and set aside.

Discard strips of orange and lemon zest. 

Continue to cook syrup over medium heat until reduced to 6 tablespoonfuls.

Cut each pear half in 1/8-inch crosswise slices and fan out on a serving platter. Drizzle 2 teaspoons syrup over each pear and discard remainder.

Serve warm or cover, refrigerate and serve chilled.

Nutrition Facts:
Amount Per  Serving: Calories 76
Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg,
Sodium 6 mg, 

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