Poached Pears
with Chocolate Cranberry Sauce
- 6 cups Ocean Spray®
Cranberry Juice Cocktail
1 cup granulated sugar
6 Bartlett pears, peeled and cored with stems intact
1 (16-ounce) can Ocean Spray® Jellied Cranberry Sauce
1/2 cup chocolate chips
- Combine cranberry juice
cocktail and sugar in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over
high heat. Place pears in pan. Cover and simmer on low heat for
10 to 15 minutes or until pears are tender when pierced with
a fork. Turn pears several times during cooking. Remove from
heat. Let cool in liquid at room temperature.
- Combine cranberry sauce
and chocolate chips in a medium saucepan. Melt over medium heat,
whisking occasionally until smooth.
- Remove pears from liquid;
drain. To serve, spoon 1/4 cup chocolate cranberry sauce on each
serving plate. Place pears on plates. Spoon remaining sauce over
tops of pears.
Makes 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts Per Serving:
Cal 368 (18%DV), Fat Cal. 36, Pro. 2g (3%DV), Carb. 88g (29%DV),
Fat 4g (6%DV), Chol. 0mg (0%DV), Sod. 40mg (1%DV), Vit. A 3RE
(0%DV), Vit. C 37mg (60%DV), Vit. E 1mg (2%DV), Calcium 21mg
(2%DV), Iron 1mg (5%DV), Folate 13Ug (3%DV), Zinc 1mg (3%DV),
Pot. 284mg (8%DV), Dietary Exchange: Fruit 1, Other Carbohydrate
4, Fat 1
Recipe and photograph provided
courtesy of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
