Oats 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 — pancakes, yogurt, roasted pork, or just eaten straight from the jar. Ripe pears simmer down with Ceylon cinnamon and ground ginger until they're completely tender and collapsing, filling your kitchen with an aroma that feels like autumn in a pot. A splash of apple cider vinegar at the end brightens the whole thing and keeps the sweetness from tipping into cloying territory. Maple syrup does the sweetening here, so the flavor is rich and rounded rather than sharp. You can leave it chunky with a potato masher or go silky smooth with an immersion blender — both versions are genuinely excellent. For anyone navigating grain sensitivities, this sauce is naturally free of any grain-based thickeners or additives, relying entirely on the pears themselves to create that luscious, spoonable texture. It stores beautifully in a jar and tastes even better the next day once the spices have had time to settle in.
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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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