Spiced Pear Salad
Serves
8
Prep time:
0:20
Refrigeration time:
2:00
Total time:
2:30

Ingredients

Directions

1.

In a ten-inch skillet, COMBINE brown sugar, orange juice, vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

2.

BRING to a boil; REDUCE heat; ADD pear halves; COVER and SIMMER until pears are tender, about five minutes.

3.

REMOVE from heat; TRANSFER pears to storage dish; POUR liquid over them; COVER; REFRIGERATE until thoroughly chilled.

4.

Just before serving, CUT cream cheese into eight pieces; SHAPE each piece into a ball; ROLL ball in pecans to coat.

5.

LINE each salad plate with lettuce leaves; PLACE pear half on each; SPOON liquid over pears; PLACE cheese ball in center of each pear.

From Food Writers' Favorites-Salads, pg 67
Entered by Tom King via MasterCook
Nutrition

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 182 Calories; 8g Fat (35.7% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 29g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 16mg Cholesterol; 49mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fruit; 1 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.