Recipe - Asian Pears With Ginger-Maple Syrup

One fourth cup Water
1 tablespoon Matchstick size pieces
peeled fresh ginger
1 cup Pure maple syrup
2 tablespoon Whiskey or brandy
1 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Grated lemon peel
One half teaspoon Ground nutmeg
4 7 oz. chilled Asian pears
2 tablespoon Finely chopped crystallized
ginger
1 tablespoon Finely chopped fresh mint
leaves

Combine One fourth cup water and fresh ginger in heavy medium saucepan. Cover;
simmer until ginger is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in syrup, whiskey,
lemon juice, lemon peel and nutmeg. Simmer 10 minutes to blend flavors,
stirring occasionally. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to
simmer before continuing).

Slice pears into rounds. Overlap rounds on each plate. Drizzle sauce over.
Top with crystallized ginger and mint. Yield: 6 servings Typed in MMFormat
by cjhartlin@msn.com Source: Bon Appetit
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" cjhartlin@email.msn.com
on Apr 26, 1998