Baked Pears With Lemon Sauce

1. 1

   Make lemon sauce ahead of time: Dissolve arrowroot in a little milk; place in a saucepan with rest of milk and cinnamon stick.

2. 2

   Stir and cook over low heat, stirring, until slightly thickened.

3. 3

   Stir in lemon peel, lemon juice and 1/4 cup of the honey.

4. 4

   Remove from heat, remove and discard cinnamon stick, cover and place in refrigerator to chill.

5. 5

   Preheat oven to 350u00b0F.

6. 6

   Halve and core pears; place in a glass baking dish.

7. 7

   In a small saucepan, bring 1/4 cup honey, water and cloves just to boiling point, but do not boil; pour over pears.

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   Bake until pears are fork-tender (time for this varies considerably depending on firmness of pears--really hard ones can take as much as an hour).

9. 9

   Remove and discard whole cloves.

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    Serve warm with chilled lemon sauce.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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