Recipe - Pear And Ginger Pudding

6 Pears, ripe but firm
2 tablespoon Butter
1 Lemon, grated rind & juice
1/3 cup Brown sugar, packed
4 cup Ginger cookies, chopped
1 cup Whipping cream

TOPPING
3 tablespoon Brown sugar
2 tablespoon Butter

1. Preheat oven to 350F(180C). Peel, core and slice pears. 2. In a large
skillet heat butter and sugar on medium heat. Add pears and saute until
coated with butter mixture. Add lemon juice and rind. Reserve. 3. Break
cookies up into bitesized pieces. Arrange half of cookies in a buttered
11x7 (2 Liter) baking dish. Cover with half of pear mixture. Pour on half
of the cream. Add remaining cookies, pears and cream. Sprinkle with sugar
and dot with butter. 4. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until pears are soft
and mixture is bubbling. Serve with a Hungarian pear liqueur or a whisky
based liquer. An easy dessert than can be made with either apples or pears.
Chop cookies in a food processor or by hand but keep the texture slightly
chunky.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini