Poached Pears with Sweet Cream

Name: Poached Pears with Sweet Cream
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh raspberries; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 1/2 package (8-oz size) cream cheese, softened; 1/4 cup powdered sugar; 1 cup Mountain High® original, lowfat or fat free plain yoghurt; 1 750-ml bottle dry red wine; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves; 6 fresh pears

6 Servings
370 Calories per Serving

A dessert to impress. If you double the recipe, the pears will be submerged in two bottles of wine and you won’t have to turn them.

Ingredient List

Raspberry sauce:

1 cup fresh raspberries
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Sweet cream:

1/2 package (8-oz size) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup Mountain High® original, lowfat or fat free plain yoghurt

Pears:

1 750-ml bottle dry red wine
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
6 fresh pears

Preparation

To make the raspberry sauce, heat raspberries, sugar, and lemon juice in 1-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook about 5 minutes or until berries start to break down. Remove from heat and strain mixture through a fine sieve or cheesecloth-lined strainer into a measuring cup. Use a spoon to help force juice through the strainer. Pour sauce into a squirt bottle and chill completely.
To make the sweet cream, beat the cream cheese with the powdered sugar in a 1-quart bowl. Stir in yoghurt. Cover and chill while preparing pears.
To make the pears, peel pears and core from bottom leaving stems attached. Cut slice (if necessary) from bottom of each pear so it will stand upright when served.
Combine wine, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and cloves in a 4-quart saucepan or narrow stockpot. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally; add pears. Heat to boiling, reduce heat. Cover and simmer Simmer approximately 50 to 60 minutes, gently rotating pears and spooning sauce over pears several times to color evenly (use tongs to grasp the stems and move them), until pears are tender when pierced with tip of sharp knife.
To assemble, ladle 1/4 of the sweet cream onto the center of each of 6 dessert plates. Place dots of raspberry sauce on the sweet cream, around the pears. Using a toothpick and in a continuous clockwise motion, drag the tip of the toothpick through the middle of the raspberry sauce drops to create red hearts.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Information (Amount per serving)

Total Fat 8g 12%, Saturated Fat 4g 21%, Cholesterol 25mg 9%, Sodium 90mg 4%, Potassium 360mg 10%, Total Carbohydrate 70g 23%, Dietary Fiber 7g 28%, Vitamin A 6%, Vitamin C 10%, Calcium 10%, Iron 4%, Vitamin D 0%, Vitamin E 4%, Thiamin 2%, Riboflavin 6%, Niacin 2%, Vitamin B6 4%, Folic Acid 4%, Vitamin B12 0%, Pantothenic Acid 2%, Phosphorus 4%, Magnesium 4%, Zinc 2%, Selenium 0%, Copper 8%, Manganese 15%

Nutrition Other (Amount per serving)

Calories 370, Calories from Fat 70, Trans Fat 0g, Monounsaturated Fat 1 1/2g, Polyunsaturated Fat 0g, Soluble Fiber 2g, Insoluble Fiber 5g, Sugars 56g, Protein 3g, Beta-Carotene 2%, Omega-3 0g, Carbohydrate Choice 4 1/2, Starch 1, Fruit 1, Other Carbohydrate 2 1/2, Skim Milk 0, Low-Fat Milk 0, Milk 0, Vegetable 0, Very Lean Meat 0, Lean Meat 0, Medium-Fat Meat 0, High-Fat Meat 0, Fat 1 1/2, Fruits 1/2c, Vegetables 0c, Grains 0oz-eq, Meat & Beans 0oz-eq, Dairy 1/2c, Fats & Oils 0tsp