Cranberry-Orange Pear Slices

November 14, 2001

From Smart Crockery Cooking

A scrumptious, chunky sauce for topping nonfat cakes and ice creams. Hostesses,

note: This sauce is easily doubled, even tripled, to serve a crowd.

5- to 6-quart cooker Makes 6 servings

1 1/2 cups jellied cranberry sauce

1/4 cup orange juice

1 teaspoon orange peel

4 slightly underripe pears, peeled and sliced

3 cups nonfat vanilla ice cream

Place sauce, juice, peel, and pears in an electric slow cooker. Cover and cook

until the pears are tender, 6 to 8 hours. Serve warm over the ice cream.

Per serving: About 278 calories, 0.5 g fat (2% of calories), 0 g saturated fat,

0 mg cholesterol, 74 mg sodium, 3.9 g dietary fiber.

Cook's note: To make a pear puree, use fully ripe pears. After cooking, use a

hand-held blender to puree the pears.

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