Baked Pears
with Cottage Cheese and Apricot Sauce
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recipe
Serves 4
4 ripe
dessert pears
2 tbsp lemon
juice
2 tbsp
low-fat natural cottage cheese
1 tbsp
Splenda
1 small can
apricots in natural juice
Preheat oven
to Gas 5/180ºC/350ºF
Peel the
pears, slice in half and remove the central core. Place in a bowl
containing the lemon juice to prevent them turning brown. Transfer to an
ovenproof dish and cover with foil.
Bake for
15-20 mins until soft
Meanwhile
empty the contents of the tin of apricots into a blender and blend to a smooth
sauce.
Arrange the
pears on a serving plate. Place a small amount of cottage cheese in the
centre of each pear half and pour over the sauce.
