CalzinoCapo.com

 Site Search:
 
      Home     Recipes     Store

Almond-Stuffed Pears

Home | Recipes | A
Fruits

Ingredients:

  • 6 md Pears; peeled, halved and cored
  • 1 1/2 c Water
  • 1/3 c White grape juice
  • 1/2 c Finely chopped toasted almonds
  • 2 tb Brown sugar
  • 1/8 ts Almond extract

Directions:

Place pears, cut side down, in an ungreased 13-in.x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Combine water and grape juice; pour over pears. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes or until tender. Turn the pears over. Combine almonds, sugar and extract; mix well. Spoon into pear cavities. Bake, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Serve warm. Yield: 6 servings.
 
NOTES : "Pears make a comforting side dish in this special recipe shared by Margaret Allen of Abingdon, Virginia. 'We enjoy this hot fruit with a ham dinner,' she says." Recipe by: Taste of Home, August/September, 1997
 
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #837 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 11, 1997