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Rich Spiced Applesauce with Pears Recipe

Rich Spiced Applesauce with Pears

Homemakers Best Tested
By
Andrew Chase
Pears and spice add fragrance to this applesauce.

Ingredients

3 lbs  McIntosh or Gravenstein apples peeled, cored and finely chopped
2 ripe pears, peeled, cored and cut in bite-size chunks
2 tbsp  (30 mL)  lemon juice
4 tsp  (20 mL)  granulated sugar
Pinch salt
6 whole cloves
2 star anise
2 inch (5 cm) length cinnamon stick

Preparation

In saucepan, stir together pears, apples, lemon juice, sugar, salt, cloves, star anise, cinnamon and 2 tbsp/30 mL water; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

Uncover; cook over low heat until pears are very tender and apples break down into thick sauce, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 1 week.) Serve at room temperature.

Makes about 2-1/2 cups (625 mL).

Serving(s)
2 cups (625 mL)
Nutritional Information
Per 1 tbsp/15 mL: about
Calories 11
Protein Trace
Fat (total) Trace
Carbohydrate 3 g
Fibre Trace
Vitamin C 2 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: December/January 2008

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