Title: Pears in Pineapple Cream
Categories: Dessert
Yield: 4 Servings

1	tb	Lemon juice
4	lg	Firm pears
4		Pieces crystallized ginger, cut in halves
2	tb	Butter
1	tb	Light-brown sugar
2/3	c	Pineapple juice
2/3	c	Whipping cream
		Fresh bay leaves
		Toasted flaked almonds

Preheat oven to 375'F. (190'C.). Lightly grease a shallow baking dish. Fill a bowl with cold water and add lemon juice. Peel pears and cut in half. Cut away stems and remove cores with a teaspoon. Drop prepared pears in lemon water.

Pat pears dry on paper towels. Place a piece of crystallized ginger into "well" of each pear half. Arrange pears, cut-sides down, in greased dish.

Put butter, brown sugar and pineapple juice into a saucepan and heat gently to dissolve sugar. Add whipping cream and boil 5 minutes. Pour sauce over pears. Cover and bake in preheat oven 1 hour or until pears are tender and sauce has thickened. Baste pears with sauce several times during baking. Place pears on a warm serving plate and spoon sauce over pears. Arrange bay leaves to resemble pear leaves and garnish with almonds. Serve hot.

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