10 Delicious Desserts with Least Calories …

9. Wine Poached Pears …

Calories per serving: 185 cal

Why I Love It: Wine poached pears are absolutely amazing. If you’ve never had one, I’d highly recommend trying them. They’re elegant and delicious, and they will impress your boss at a dinner party. Best of all, they’re totally guilt-free and good for you!

The Recipe:

Ingredients:

4 – 6 peeled, cored and sliced pears
1 ½ cups of red wine
¾ cups of granulated sugar
2 tablespoons of lemon juice

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Directions:

Combine all ingredients, except pears, and bring to a boil.
Once the wine mixture is boiling, turn heat down to a simmer and add the pears.
Simmer pears for 10-12 minutes and then turn pears and simmer for an additional 8-10 minutes – until they are tender and are easily poked through with a fork.
Remove pears and let them cool.
Boil wine sauce until the liquid has been reduced by half.
Pour sauce over pears and serve with either marscapone, crème fraiche or Devonshire cream.

Recipe source: www.wine.about.com

10. Key Lime Pie …

Calories per serving: 300 cal

Why I Love It: There’s nothing that says summer like a Key Lime Pie. Refreshing and tart, Key Lime Pie is amazingly delicious. This is definitely one of my favorite desserts of all time! I can’t eat it in the winter, but in the summer… there’s just nothing like it. Skip the whipped cream- you don’t even need it. The pie’s great enough without it.

The Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup fresh lime juice (12 to 15 key limes or 3 to 4 common limes)
4 teaspoons grated lime zest
4 egg yolks
1 – 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
11 graham crackers
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Directions:

Remove the lime zest from whole limes
Cut the limes in half and squeeze out the juice being careful not to include any pits
Process the graham crackers in a food processor or blender and then melt the butter and have it at the ready
Whisk the egg yolks and lime zest together in a bowl until tinted light green. This takes about 2 minutes
Beat in milk, then juice and set aside at room temperature till it thickens.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix graham cracker crumbs and sugar in another bowl.
Add butter and stir with a fork until well blended.
Pour this mixture into a 9-inch pie pan and press over the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Try using the bottom of a measuring cup to make sure the graham cracker mixture forms a firm crust on the bottom of the pie pan.
Bake on the center rack for about 15 minutes until the crust is lightly brown, remove and let cool to room temperature.
Pour the lime filling into crust, spread evenly, and then bake for 15 minutes until the center sets, but still wiggles when shaken.
Remove from oven and cool to room temperature.
Refrigerate for at least three hours until well chilled.
Some of you might like to serve it with a whipped cream topping or a meringue topping, but I prefer keeping it simple. If the pie seems to be sticking to the pan when serving, try dipping the pan into a bowl of warm water to loosen it.

Recipe source: www.reluctantgourmet.com

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