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and turn to low. Slow cooker will automatically switch to warm until
ready to serve.
Serve as a side dish or as a topping for bruschetta.
Nutritional information per serving (1 cup):
Calories 204 (42% from fat) • carb. 24g • pro. 5g • fat 10g • sat. fat 3g
• chol. 12mg • sod. 246mg • calc. 31mg • fiber 4g
Ginger Poached Pears
No time to fuss with dessert – here is one to fix and forget.
Served chilled it is an easy, do-ahead dessert that is healthy too.
Makes 4 servings
juice of 1 lemon
1 can ginger ale
2 strips lemon peel, 2 x ½-inch, bitter white pith removed
6 slices (size of a quarter) fresh ginger
4 medium pears (Bartlett, Anjou, or Bosc), slightly underripe,
but fragrant – with stems
2 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
Combine lemon juice and 4 cups water in a medium bowl. Place the
ginger ale, lemon peel, and fresh ginger in the ceramic pot of the
Waring™ Slow Cooker; stir. Peel the pears, leaving the stem intact; cut
a thin slice from the bottom of each pear so that it stands upright. As
each pear is peeled, dip into the lemon water to prevent darkening and
stand it in the ginger liquid in the Slow Cooker.
Cover and turn power selector to high. Set time to 4 hours and turn to
simmer. When pears are tender, turn slow cooker off. Allow pears to
cool in poaching liquid. Chill in liquid. (If desired, before serving, liquid
may be thickened to a syrup-like consistency by simmering until it is
reduced by half.)
To serve, arrange each pear on a deep plate (rimmed soup bowl
works well). Spoon poaching liquid over pears. Sprinkle with chopped
crystallized ginger.
Nutritional information per serving:
Calories 174 (5% from fat) • carb. 44g • pro. 1g • fat 1g • sat. fat 0g
• chol. 0mg • sod. 14mg • calc. 43mg • fiber 5g