Cooking Recipe Pear Compote With Brandied Vanilla Cream

Recipe Ingredients

PEAR COMPOTE

2 Pears - Bartlett, peeled,
-cored & chopped
1/2 c Water
1/2 ts Lemon juice - fresh
1/8 ts Cinnamon - ground
1/8 ts Allspice - ground

BRANDIED VANILLA CREAM

1/4 c Yogurt - plain, nonfat
Artificial sweetner -
-equivalent of 2 t. sugar
1 tb Brandy
1/2 ts Vanilla extract

Directions

per serving: .73
: Approx. Cook Time: 2:30 Cholesterol per serving: .500 Marks:

*DIRECTIONS*

Stew the pears in a saucepan with the water, lemon juice, cinnamon and
allspice until it is soft enough to mash when you stir it with a fork
or wooden spoon and has a texture like applesauce. Remove from the
heat and refrigerate for two hours.

MAKE THE VANILLA CREAM: Combine the yogurt with the sweetner, brandy
and vanilla.

TO ASSEMBLE: Spoon the Pear Compote into small dessert cups and top
with the Vanilla Cream.

NOTE: This is a version of an old and popular Creole dessert

VARIATION: Use pear brandy in place of the regular.

From "Louisiana Light" by Roy F. Guste, Jr.

Categories matching this recipe

Desserts ,cal ,Low