Quick Poached Pears with Ruby-Red Raspberry Sauce

Name: Quick Poached Pears with Ruby-Red Raspberry Sauce
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 medium Bosc pears; 1/2 lemon; 2 tsp. sugar; 1 1/2 c. fresh or frozen (thawed) raspberries (reserve 10 raspberries for garnish); c. confectioners' sugar; 1 tbsp. black currant-flavor or orange-flavor liqueur; Mint sprigs for garnish

Published: Jun 25, 2007

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Yields:

Cook Time:

5 mins

Total Time:

30 mins

Cal/Serv:

245

A dessert sure to melt his heart, made with sweet pears and fresh or frozen berries. Romantic, heart-healthy, and ready in under an hour!

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Ingredients

2 medium Bosc pears
1/2 lemon
2 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen (thawed) raspberries (reserve 10 raspberries for garnish)
cup confectioners' sugar
1 Tbsp. black currant-flavor or orange-flavor liqueur
Mint sprigs for garnish

Directions

1. Step 1With apple corer or small knife, remove cores from blossom end (bottom) of pears. Peel pears almost to top but do not remove stems. Rub pears with lemon half, sprinkle with sugar.
2. Step 2In glass pie plate, arrange pears lying down with stems toward center, add 2 tablespoons water. Cook, uncovered, in microwave oven on High 5 to 6 minutes, until tender, turning pears over halfway through cooking. Transfer pears, stem ends up, to 2 dessert plates, set aside until ready to serve.
3. Step 3In blender at high speed, puree raspberries. Sift confectioners' sugar through coarse sieve into small bowl. Press raspberry puree through same sieve into same bowl to remove seeds. Discard seeds. Stir liqueur into raspberry mixture.
4. Step 4To serve, spoon raspberry sauce over poached pears. Garnish with mint sprigs and reserved raspberries.