Hot Curried Fruit

Ingredients

Directions

Peel pears, leaving stems intact.

Place them in a large, nonaluminum pot with enough water to cover.

Add sugar, spices and lemon juice.

Cover pears with a round of wax paper cut to fit interior of pot.

Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer and cook until pears can be easily pierced with a knife.

Slice away skin and pith from oranges.

Remove pears to a serving bowl and add enough syrup to Place oranges in cooking liquid and simmer for 15 minutes or until tender.

Peel and seed melon. Cut into long, 1 inch wide strips.

Add melon strips to the poaching oranges and simmer for 5 minutes.

Remove to serving bowl.

Add grapes and lemon slices to poaching liquid and simmer for 3 minutes.

Remove to bowl.

Add curry powder to liquid and whisk to dissolve.

Cook syrup until reduced by half.

Strain through a double thickness of dampened cheesecloth.

Drain away any juices that have collected in serving bowl and pour syrup over fruits.

Serve fruit with a little of the crystallized ginger sprinkled over each portion.

Nutrition Facts

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.