Spiced apple-pear butter
3 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2½ | pounds | Rome Beauty or other baking |
| Apples, peeled, cored | ||
| Coarsely chopped | ||
| 2 | pounds | Pears, peeled, cored |
| Coarsely chopped | ||
| 1 | cup | Apple cider or apple juice |
| ¼ | cup | Fresh lemon juice |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ⅓ | cup | Firmly packed golden brown |
| Sugar | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| 1 | 3x1/2-inch strip orange peel | |
| (orange part only) | ||
Directions
Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350 degrees. Combine first 4 ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover. Simmer until fruit is very tender, about 15 minutes. Puree fruit mixture in processor. Mix in ½ cup sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Transfer mixture to 8-inch square glass baking dish; add orange peel. Bake uncovered until mixture is dark and thick, stirring often, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Discard peel. (Can be made 1 week ahead Cover and chill.) Goes well with muffins. Source: Bon Appetit Magazine - October, 1994 Posted to EAT-L Digest 17 Sep 96 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 06:56:27 -0500 From: LD Goss <ldgoss@...>