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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
2 cup blush wine
1 cup apple juice
2 cinnamon sticks
1 whole nutmeg
3 whole cloves
6 d'Anjou pears, peeled, cored,
and cut in half
2 tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot powder
1/4 cup cold water
1/4 cup sugar
Mint sprigs, for garnish
Directions
Combine the wine, apple juice, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, and cloves in a
large skillet and heat to simmering. Add the pears, cut-sides down.
Simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes until the pears are tender.
Carefully remove the pears and place them on serving dishes. Discard the
spices.
Heat the wine mixture to boiling. Mix the cornstarch or arrowroot powder
with water and add to the wine. Boil, stirring constantly, until
thickened.
Remove the sauce from the heat and let stand for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in
the sugar. Spoon the sauce over the pears. Garnish with mint to serve.
This recipe yields 6 servings. Serving size: 1 pear.
Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Fruit.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 200; Calories from Fat 8; Total Fat 1g;
Saturated Fat 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 3mg; Carbohydrate 46g;
Dietary Fiber 5g; Sugars 39g; Protein 1g.
Comments: Whole nutmeg and cinnamon sticks add punch to these pears.
Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-30-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 1998"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 178 Calories; 2g Fat (8.7% calories
from fat); 1g Protein; 44g Carbohydrate; 8g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol;
11mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 Fruit; 0 Fat; 1/2 Other
Carbohydrates.
NOTES : Recipe from "Flavorful Seasons Cookbook" by Robyn Webb, MS, (©
McGraw Hill - NTC, 1996)
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: Robyn Webb, MS
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 6
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