Diabetic Recipes

Baked Pears

(makes 4 servings)

2 tablespoons (30 ml) dry sherry
1 tablespoon (15 ml) balsamic vinegar
4 small ripe Bartlett pears, halved lengthwise and cored
1/2 cup (120 ml) water
2 Italian Amaretti cookies, crushed
  1. Preheat oven to 425°F (220° C), Gas Mark 7.
  2. Mix the sherry with the vinegar in a baking dish just large enough to hold the pear halves cut side down.
  3. Roast the pears for 15 minutes. Add the water and bake until the pears are cooked through but still hold their shape, another 10 to 15 minutes.
  4. Place the pears on dessert plates and sprinkle with the crushed cookies, and spoon some of the sauce form the baking dish around each pear. Serve immediately.
Per serving: 136 calories (18% calories from fat), 1 g protein, 3 g total fat (2.0 g saturated fat), 29 g carbohydrates, 4 g dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 29 mg sodium
Diabetic exchanges: 2 carbohydrate (1/2 bread/starch, 1 1/2 fruit)