Title: Pears in pineapple cream
 Categories: Desserts
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 tb Lemon juice
      4 lg Firm pears
      4    Pieces crystallized ginger,
           -cut in halves
      2 tb Butter
      1 tb Light-brown sugar
    2/3 c  Pineapple juice
    2/3 c  Whipping cream
           Fresh bay leaves
           Toasted flaked almonds
 
  Preheat oven to 375'F. (190'C.). Lightly grease a shallow baking
  dish. Fill a bowl with cold water and add lemon juice. Peel pears and
  cut in half. Cut away stems and remove cores with a teaspoon. Drop
  prepared pears in lemon water.
  
  Pat pears dry on paper towels. Place a piece of crystallized ginger
  into "well" of each pear half. Arrange pears, cut-sides down, in
  greased dish.
  
  Put butter, brown sugar and pineapple juice into a saucepan and heat
  gently to dissolve sugar. Add whipping cream and boil 5 minutes. Pour
  sauce over pears. Cover and bake in preheat oven 1 hour or until
  pears are tender and sauce has thickened. Baste pears with sauce
  several times during baking. Place pears on a warm serving plate and
  spoon sauce over pears. Arrange bay leaves to resemble pear leaves
  and garnish with almonds. Serve hot.