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     Title: Poached Pears With Chocolate Sauce
Categories: Desserts
     Yield: 1 servings

     1 c  Sugar
     2 c  Water
     1    3"cinnamon stick
     3    Whole cloves
     4 lg Bose pears with stems
          Attached, peeled
          Great Chocolate Sauce

 In med saucepan, dissolve sugar in water; heat to boiling. Add spices;
 cover. Set aside. Core pears from bottom; add to liquid. Simmer pears
 partially covered, basting & gently turning, 30 to 45 minutes,
 according to ripeness, until tender when tested with wooden pick.
 Cool pears in poaching liquid. Chill thoroughly; drain. Serve with
 sauce.

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