Poached Pears with Raspberry Sauce Recipe

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This elegant dessert for two has a wonderful vanilla flavoring that is very satisfying. With an extremely simple raspberry sauce adding a dash of bright color, it is very impressive. —Dawn Bryant, Thedford, Nebraska

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Poached Pears with Raspberry Sauce Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Yield: 2 Servings

10 10 20

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup white wine or white cranberry juice
2 medium pears, peeled and halved
3 tablespoons seedless raspberry spreadable fruit
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Fresh raspberries and mint leaves, optional

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring the water, sugar and wine to a boil. Reduce heat; carefully add pears. Cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until tender. Remove pears and reserve cooking liquid.
In a small bowl, combine spreadable fruit and vanilla. Stir in enough cooking liquid to form a sauce consistency. Cover and refrigerate sauce and pears separately until chilled.
Remove sauce from the refrigerator 15 minutes before serving. Place two pear halves on each dessert plate; top with sauce. Garnish with raspberries and mint if desired. Yield: 2 servings.

Originally published as Poached Pears with Raspberry Sauce in Reminisce December/January 2008, p50