Easy Pear Compote
Recipe from Sylvie


This super-easy Spiced Pear Compote, made with cinnamon, ginger, and no
processed sugar, is a delicious and healthy winter sauce, to enjoy over
pancakes, oatmeal, yogurt, cakes, desserts — or simply on its own.  It's
a great way to use leftover pears, and turn them into a delicious
sweet spread.

Yields: about 500 mL (2 cups), 12 servings.

Prep Time: 5 mins.
Cook Time: 20 mins.
Total Time: 25 mins.

Ingredients:

    6 pears, ripe
    250 mL (1 cup) water, more if required
    60 mL (¼ cup) maple syrup
    ½ lemon, juiced (about 1 Tbsp. juice)
    1 tsp. (2.6 g) ground cinnamon
    1 tsp. (2.8 g) ground ginger

Preparation:

Peel, core, and cut the pears into small cubes.

Place the pear chunks in a small saucepan with the water, maple syrup,
lemon juice, ground cinnamon, and ginger.  Stir to combine, then turn on
medium low heat.

Cook for 15 to 20 mins. (see note 1), occasionally stirring, or until
pear chunks are very soft.

Remove from heat, then blend until smooth with an immersion blender.
Alternatively, roughly mash pear chunks with a fork or masher, for a
chunky compote (see note 2).

Serve warm, or leave to cool down at room temperature before
transferring into a jar or sealed container.  Keep in fridge until
ready to use, or for up to a week.




Author's Notes:

Pears: Make sure they're very ripe.  Use a pear variety that will
easily turn into mush when cooked, like Bartlett or Williams.

Spices: Add any other of your preferred spices to suit your taste,
like cloves, cardamom, star anise, allspice, nutmeg, etc.

Water: You might need more water, depending on how ripe or firm the
pears are.  If there's too much water, simply cook the pears for
longer, until most of the water has evaporated.

Cooking time will depend on the heat of your stove, and how ripe
pears are.  Continue to cook until pears are very soft; you
should be able to easily mash them with a fork.  If needed, add a little
bit more water.

The compote can be served smooth or chunky.  If using a blender, you can
play around with texture.  Alternatively, you can also continue to cook
the pears until they start to fall apart, if you don't want to use a
masher or blender.



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