Baked Pears

Sometimes I want to bake something that still might be a little bit healthy for me, so I created this recipe. You can make it singularly or simply multiply the recipe for as many pears as you need.

Ingredients
1 Pear
1 lemon, halved
1/2 cups dry white wine
1/2cups sugar
the zest of 2 navel oranges
twocinnamon sticks
1/4 cup Grande Marnier

Directions
Peel the pears, leaving the stems intac. Drop into a bowl of cold water with the lemon juice

In a saucepan combine the wine, 1 cup water, the sugar, the zest, the cinnamon sticks, and the liqueur, bring the liquid to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.

Simmer the syrup for 5 minutes.

Arrange the pears, drained, on their sides in a baking dish and pour the syrup over them.

Cover the dish tightly with foil and bake the pears in the middle of a preheated 375°F oven for 30 minutes.

Remove the foil, turn the pears over gently, and replace the foil.

Bake the pears for 20 to 30 minutes more, or until they are tender.

Let the pears cool, transfer them carefully to a deep serving dish, and ladle the cooking syrup with the zest over them.

Chill the pears, covered, overnight and serve them with some of the syrup.