Xanthan Gum 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 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. Many store-bought fruit sauces and condiments sneak in thickeners and stabilizers to get that smooth, scoopable texture — this one achieves it naturally, just from the pears themselves breaking down during cooking. You can leave it chunky with a potato masher or go silky smooth with an immersion blender, depending on your mood. Maple syrup adds a gentle, rounded sweetness that plays beautifully with the warm spices, and the whole recipe comes together in one saucepan with no specialty ingredients required. It's simple, clean, and genuinely delicious.
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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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