Baked Pears With Lemon Sauce

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A healthy and delicious fruit dessert. I think i originally got this recipe from the deaf smith country cook book. Time for cooking is very approximate (see recipe, step 8).

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Steps

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Make lemon sauce ahead of time: dissolve arrowroot in a little milk.

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Place in a saucepan with rest of milk and cinnamon stick.

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Stir and cook over low heat , stirring , until slightly thickened.

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Stir in lemon peel , lemon juice and 1 / 4 cup of the honey.

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Remove from heat , remove and discard cinnamon stick , cover and place in refrigerator to chill.

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Preheat oven to 350f.

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Halve and core pears.

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Place in a glass baking dish.

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In a small saucepan , bring 1 / 4 cup honey , water and cloves just to boiling point , but do not boil.

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Pour over pears.

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Bake until pears are fork-tender.

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Remove and discard whole cloves.

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Serve warm with chilled lemon sauce.

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Ingredients

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arrowroot, milk, cinnamon stick, lemons, zest of, lemon juice, honey, pears, water, cloves