Lupin 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 are simmered down with Ceylon cinnamon and ground ginger until they're completely tender and collapsing, then finished with a splash of apple cider vinegar that brightens the whole pot. That little hit of vinegar is the secret move here — it balances the natural sweetness of the pears and the maple syrup without making the sauce taste sharp. You can keep it rustic and chunky with a potato masher or go silky smooth with an immersion blender, depending on your mood. The ingredient list is refreshingly short and entirely whole-food, so there's no need to squint at a label wondering what's hiding in a store-bought version. It comes together in one saucepan and stores beautifully in a jar, making it just as useful on a Tuesday morning as it is on a holiday table.
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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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