Caramel Pears

Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients

• 1/3  cup  orange juice
• 3  tablespoons  brown sugar
• 1/8  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• Dash of ground cloves
• 2  peeled Bosc pears, cored and cut into 1-inch-thick wedges
• 2  tablespoons  white rum
• Cinnamon sticks (optional)

Preparation

Combine the first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Add pears, and cook until tender (about 10 minutes). Pour the rum into saucepan; cook 1 minute. Divide pears and sauce between 2 dishes. Garnish pears with cinnamon sticks, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

162 (4% from fat)

Fat:

0.7g (sat 0.0g,mono 0.1g,poly 0.2g)

Protein:

0.9g

Carbohydrate:

41.4g

Fiber:

4.2g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.7mg

Sodium:

6mg

Calcium:

34mg