Oven-Poached Pears with Lemon, Honey and Nutmeg
- 2 large ripe pears, halved, cored, each half cut into 6 wedges
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 4 teaspoons honey
- 4 teaspoons dried currants
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- Ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Place large baking sheet in oven to heat.
- Cut 4 sheets of foil, each about 12 inches long.
- Place 1 foil sheet on work surface.
- Arrange 6 pear wedges, overlapping slightly, on 1 half of foil.
- Drizzle with 1 tablespoon honey.
- Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon currants, 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel and pinch of nutmeg.
- Fold foil over, enclosing contents completely and crimping edges tightly to seal.
- Repeat with remaining foil sheets, pears, honey, currants, lemon peel and nutmeg.
- Place foil packets on heated baking sheet.
- Bake until pears are tender, about 5 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely.
- Open foil packets into 4 shallow bowls to retain juices.
- Top each serving with 3 tablespoons vanilla yogurt.
wedges, honey, honey, currants, ground nutmeg, lowfat vanilla yogurt
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/oven-poached-pears-with-lemon-honey-and-nutmeg-5160 (may not work)