Spiced apple-pear butter - bon appetit
3 1/2 cups
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'F. Combine first 4 ingredients in saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover. Simmer until fruit is vety tender, about 15 minutes. Puree fruit mixture in processor. Mix in ½ C 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. Transfer butter to bowl; cool completely. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.) Bon Appetit/October/94 Scanned & edited by Di Pahl & <gg>