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    Lemon-Poached Pears


    Source of Recipe


    Hungry Monster

    List of Ingredients




    Lemon-Poached Pears


    1 3/4 cups water
    3/4 cup sugar
    2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
    6 ounces cream cheese -- softened
    2 tablespoons nuts -- chopped
    8 maraschino cherries -- diced
    ***LEMON SAUCE***
    3/4 cup sugar
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1 tablespoon cornstarch
    1 1/2 cups water
    2 egg yolks -- beaten
    3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
    1/2 teaspoon lemon peel -- grated
    lemon slices -- (for garnish)

    Recipe





    1. Peel pears and core from blossom ends, leaving stems intact

    2. Combine water, sugar and lemon juice; bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes, then add pears.

    3. Cover and cook 12 to 15 minutes, or until pears are tender, basting occasionally with syrup.

    4. Combine cream cheese, nuts and cherries; using star tip, pipe cream cheese mixture into core and vertically around pears. Serve with Lemon Sauce. Lemon Sauce Makes about 2 cups 1. Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch and water in saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and clear. 2. Add small amount of hot mixture to beaten egg yolks; blend thoroughly. 3. Return to hot mixture in saucepan; cook and stir 1 minute. 4. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and lemon peel; blend thoroughly.

    5. Cool; serve in bowl with garnish of sliced lemon.


 

 

 


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