Poached Pears In Ginger-lemon Sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, cut in julienne strips
• 1/2 cup sugar
• to taste water
• 6 medium asian pears, peeled with stems attached (2 1/2 to 3-inches diameter) (firm)
• to taste lightly sweetened whipped cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 with a vegetable peeler, pare yellow part only of peel from lemon.
• 2 cut peel into julienne strips to make 1 table- spoon.
• 3 ream enough lemon to make 1 tablespoon juice. in a 5 to 6 quart pan, combine lemon peel, lemon juice, ginger, sugar and 3 cups water.
• 4 bring to a boil.
• 5 add pears and more water, if needed, to cover them.
• 6 simmer, covered, until pears are tender when pierced, about 30 minutes.
• 7 put pears in 6 shallow-rimmed dishes or shallow bowls.
• 8 on high heat, boil syrup, uncovered, until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 40 minutes.
• 9 pour syrup over pears.
• 10 cool, cover and chill until cold or up to 2 days.