Seeds 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 just eaten straight from the jar. 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 thing up with just the right amount of tang. The sweetness comes entirely from maple syrup, so you can dial it up or down to suit your taste. Every single ingredient here is naturally free from seeds, which makes it a genuinely stress-free option when so many spiced condiments and jarred sauces sneak in unexpected extras. You can leave it chunky with a potato masher for a rustic, textured sauce, or go silky smooth with an immersion blender — both versions are absolutely worth making. 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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