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Riesling Baked Pears
Recipe courtesy EatingWell.com

Ingredients
4 ripe pears, preferably Bosc, with stems, washed and
dried
2 cups Riesling or other fruity white wine
1/4 cup honey
4 cinnamon sticks
4 bay leaves
4 strips orange zest (see Tip)

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F.


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Cut a thin slice off the bottom of each pear, so they will stand upright. Arrange
the pears in a 9- to 10-inch pie pan or similar baking dish. Whisk wine and honey
in a medium bowl until well blended; pour over the pears. Add cinnamon sticks, bay
leaves and orange zest to the wine mixture around the pears.

Roast the pears, basting every 15 minutes, until they are wrinkled and tender, 45
minutes to 1 hour, depending on the type of pear used.

Use a slotted spoon to transfer the pears to shallow dessert bowls. Pour the wine
mixture into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil until slightly thickened,
about 6 minutes. Drizzle over the pears and garnish with the cinnamon sticks, bay
leaves and orange zest. Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.

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Scrub the orange first—and if it's an
organic orange, so much the better—then use a vegetable peeler to remove
strips of orange zest, leaving behind any of the bitter white pith.

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