Poached Pears With Chocolate Sauce

desserts

1 cup sugar
2 cup water
1 3cinnamon stick
3 whole cloves
4 large bose pears with stems
1 attached, peeled
1 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. Submitted By THESERVS@GATE.NET (THOMAS E. HAUG) On TUE, 14 NOV 1995 183925 -0500