Side Pannel
Pears Melba
Ingredients List
- 4 Firm ripe pears, preferably
- -Bosc
- 1/2 c Sugar
- 1/2 c Water
- 1 Strip lemon peel
- 1 ts Vanilla
- 1/2 c Sweet wine (Marsala or
- -Madeira)
- 1/2 c Dry wine
- 1 pt Ice cream (i.e. vanilla,
- -toasted almond, pear)
- 1 pt Raspberries, pureed with 2
- -tablespoons sugar
Directions
Peel, core and halve pears. Combine sugar, water, lemon peel,
vanilla and wines and bring to a boil. Boil 3 minutes. Add pears
and slowly poach in the sauce until tender and infused with sauce.
Turn pears occasionally with tongs. Remove from sauce. Reduce sauce
until very syrupy. Cool.
Place a spoonful of sauce in the bottom of an individual serving bowl.
Place a 2-ounce scoop of ice cream on the sauce and top with the
poached pear. Drizzle with the pureed raspberries and serve.
Serves 8.
PER SERVING: 225 calories, 2 g protein, 36 g carbohydrate, 6 g fat
(4 g saturated), 22 mg cholesterol, 29 mg sodium, 4 g fiber.
vanilla and wines and bring to a boil. Boil 3 minutes. Add pears
and slowly poach in the sauce until tender and infused with sauce.
Turn pears occasionally with tongs. Remove from sauce. Reduce sauce
until very syrupy. Cool.
Place a spoonful of sauce in the bottom of an individual serving bowl.
Place a 2-ounce scoop of ice cream on the sauce and top with the
poached pear. Drizzle with the pureed raspberries and serve.
Serves 8.
PER SERVING: 225 calories, 2 g protein, 36 g carbohydrate, 6 g fat
(4 g saturated), 22 mg cholesterol, 29 mg sodium, 4 g fiber.
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