Roasted pears with amaretti and amaretto

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 tablespoons Di Saronno Amaretto or other
; almond-flavored liqueur
1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
4 Firm-ripe Bartlett pears; halved lengthwise
; and cored
⅓ cup Water
4 Amaretti cookies; (Italian almond
; macaroons; 1‚
; inches in
; diameter), crumbled

Directions

Preheat oven to 425øF.

Mix Amaretto and vinegar in a 13- by 9-inch baking dish. Put pears, cut sides down, in dish.

Roast pears 15 minutes. Add water and roast until pears are tender but still hold their shape, 8 to 10 minutes more.

Arrange pears, cut sides up, on a platter and spoon pan juices over them.

Sprinkle with half of cookie crumbs, then baste with pan juices. Sprinkle with remaining crumbs and serve warm or at room temperature.

Makes 4 servings.

Gourmet November 1999

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 2 Calories (kcal); 0g Total Fat; (0% calories from fat); 0g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 3mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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