Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 pears
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
Preparation:
Peel, halve or quarter, and core pears. In a saucepan, heat sugar, orange juice and water to boiling. Add pears; simmer, covered, until pears are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove fruit with slotted spoon; add orange zest. Simmer syrup for about 5 minutes longer, or to desired consistency. Chill pears and syrup. Serve with low fat or fat-free whipped topping, ice cream, or vanilla yogurt, if desired.This pear dessert serves 6 to 8.
A larger photo of the poached pears.
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