Cashew Free Spiced Pear Sauce
Warm, fragrant, and deeply comforting, this spiced pear sauce is the kind of thing you'll want to spoon over everything — oatmeal, pancakes, roasted pork, or a simple scoop of vanilla ice cream. Ripe pears simmer down with Ceylon cinnamon and ground ginger until they're meltingly soft, then a splash of apple cider vinegar brightens the whole pot and keeps the sweetness from feeling heavy. Maple syrup does the sweetening here, so the flavor is rich and rounded rather than sharp. You can mash it chunky or blend it silky smooth depending on your mood, which makes it genuinely versatile. Every single ingredient in this recipe is naturally free from tree nuts, so there's no label-scanning or substitution stress involved — just straightforward, wholesome cooking. It keeps beautifully in a jar, making it a great batch-cook project for the week ahead.
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6 servings
- 2 lbs ripe pears (about 4 medium), peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch chunks
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- ½ tsp ground ceylon cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the pear chunks, water, maple syrup, Ceylon cinnamon, ground ginger, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir to coat the pears.
- 2
Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the pears are completely tender and collapse easily when pressed with a spoon, about 20–22 minutes.
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