Cooking in the Lite

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Baked Pears

A luscious warm dessert perfect for autumn

3/4 cup dry red wine
3/4 cup pomegranate juice
1 cinnamon stick
3 teaspoons orange zest
6 Bosc pears with stems

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In saucepan add wine, pomegranate juice, sugar, cinnamon stick, and orange peel over medium heat.
Use a paring knife to core pears from bottom of wide end.
Remove bottoms so pears can stand upright.
Place upright in glass baking dish. Pour pomegranate-wine sauce over pears. Roast pears until tender when pierced with knife. (approximately 1 hour)
Baste every 15 - 20 minutes, for one hour.

Transfer roasted pears to serving platter or individual plates.
In small saucepan simmer pan juices until reduced to about 2/3 cup.

Drizzle pears with sauce.
Serve warm with a slice of Brie cheese

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