Ginger pear sauce
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | smalls | Ripe pears; (about 3 pounds) |
| 1 | cup | Pear nectar |
| 4 | Dried pear halves; chopped (available | |
| ; at health foods | ||
| ; stores andspecialty | ||
| ; foods shops) | ||
| ¼ | cup | Sugar; or to taste |
| 2 | tablespoons | Unsalted butter |
| 1 | tablespoon | Julienne strips peeled fresh ginger |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fresh lemon juice |
| 1 | Cinnamon stick | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
Directions
Peel, core, and finely chop fresh pears. In a saucepan simmer fresh pears, nectar, dried pears, sugar, butter, ginger, lemon juice, cinnamon stick, and a pinch of salt until pears are tender, about 25 minutes. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla. Discard cinnamon stick.
Force pear mixture through a food mill or ricer, or in a food processor puree to desired consistency.
Makes about 4 cups.
Gourmet April 1994
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