Roasted Pears and Raisins

Roasted Pears  and Raisins with Star Anise makes for a delicious dessert suitable for all Ayurvedic doshas.  It satisfies your sweet tooth while offering a departure from refined sugars.  The spices enhance the sweetness and stimulate a sluggish winter metabolism. Cloves directly stimulate blood flow to the extremities, revitalizing the muscles, brightening and moistening the skin.

Roasted Pears and Raisins

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: Healthy Spa Cuisine

Keyword: Ayurvedic, Cranberries, Pears, Raisins

Servings: 4

Calories: 60kcal

Courtesy Of: Joyful Belly

Roasted Pears and Raisins with Star Anise makes for a delicious dessert. It satisfies your sweet tooth while offering a departure from refined sugars.

Ingredients

• ▢ 4 whole pears
• ▢ ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ ½ teaspoon cloves
• ▢ ½ teaspoon star anise
• ▢ ¼ cup raisins or dried cranberries are nice, too
• ▢ 2 tablespoons oats or oat bran optional
• ▢ 2 tablespoons pecans optional

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the spices, or, if using whole, grind the spices in a grinder or pulverize with a mortar or pestle until all spices are finely textured and mixed.
• Peel and halve the pears, removing the core.  Place pears in a baking pan.  Add 1/4 cup water, and sprinkle with spices and dried fruit.
• Bake, covered, 1 hour, until pears are tender.  You may rotate them cut side up and down as you prefer, for even browning.
• Uncover, sprinkle rolled oats and optionally pecans, for crunch and texture.
• Broil for five minutes for a grilled effect.

Spa Index Kitchen Notes

Use your favorite dried fruit for the toppings.  You can use canned, cooked pears to speed up the process, but make sure it's an all-natural juice only type, with no added sugar, and don't roast very long!

Joyful Belly says this Ayurveda recipe stimulates energy and soothes your  throat.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 60 kcal (3%) | Carbohydrates: 15 g (5%) | Protein: 1 g (2%) | Potassium: 170 mg (5%) | Fiber: 5 g (21%) | Sugar: 8 g (9%) | Vitamin C: 5 mg (6%) | Calcium: 10 mg (1%) | Iron: 0.4 mg (2%)

Joyful Belly is an Ayurvedic weight loss clinic in Asheville, North Carolina. Ayurveda is a 5,000 year old system of medicine from India, integrating both science with the art of healing.

Joyful Belly helps you understand how your body experiences food so that you can identify the best foods to eat for health, wellness and happiness.  The Joyful Belly website is an encyclopedia of food with ingredients and health tips. Quizzes and tips make it simple to enter your Ayurvedic doshas and create a personal Ayurvedic diet online, complete with a grocery shopping list.  Online and telephone consultations are available as well as recommended products for adding in weight loss.