Spicy Red Anjou Pear Sauce
A cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice flavored sauce made from Red Anjou Pears. A tasty side dish to have with pork, chicken or vegetarian as salad or dessert. Serve with cottage cheese.
Ingredients
- 4 Red Anjou pears
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups water to cover pears again more or less to your preference
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg or ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Wash and peel pears.
- Core and cut into 1/2 inch pieces into a pan of water with 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
- Drain the pears and put into 4 quart sauce pan.
- Add water to cover pears, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- Add the sugars and salt.
- Cook to boiling for 5 minutes.
- Add the cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg.
- Cook for 30 minutes, longer if preferred for a softer pear.
- Remove from heat; add the vanilla.
- Puree in small batches 1/2 cup to 1 cup of to the thickness preferred.</span>
- Pour into bowl to store or pour into clean sterile pint jars.
- Refrigerate until use.
Notes
Orange juice can be used in place of the lemon juice when cooking the pears...... Julia Ann and cookbookinabox® in partnership with Netta Belle’s Choice® brings you great recipes for your cooking experience. ©2007-2018 Netta Belle’s Choice® The Art of Gourmet Cookery® cookbookinabox® “Reg. U.S. Pat. & Trdmk. Off.” Reg. “Trade-marks Canadian Intellectual Property Office. “Netta Belle’s Choice® The Art of Gourmet Cookery® cookbookinabox® All rights reserved.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!