Poached Pears In Ginger-Lemon Sauce

• 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)

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.

lemon, fresh ginger, sugar, water, asian pears, cream

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/poached-pears-in-ginger-lemon-sauce-3608 (may not work)