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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
4 medium ripe Bosc pears
4 medium oranges, juiced
2 tbsp grated lemon rind
2 tbsp grated orange rind
1 2/3 cup red wine
= (such as Cabernet Sauvignon)
3 tbsp honey
Directions
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"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"07-10-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2000"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 186 Calories; trace Fat (1.1%
calories from fat); 2g Protein; 31g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 65mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: n/a
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 4
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