Pear Butter With Cardamom And Cinnamon

Serves: 2

Ally Shanahan

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

44

Spice

51

Sweetness

40

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.25 cups

Sugar

1.25 tsps

Ground Cinnamon

Directions:

1

Combine pears, wine and lemon juice in heavy large Dutch oven

2

Bring to boil

3

Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until pears are tender, occasionally stirring and pushing pears into liquid to submerge, about 20 minutes

4

Working in batches, transfer mixture to processor; puree

5

Return to same pot

6

Add sugar, cinnamon and cardamom

7

Simmer over low heat until mixture thickens and mounds slightly on spoon, stirring often and partially covering if mixture splatters, about 2 hours

8

Transfer hot pear butter to clean jars

9

Cover and cool

10

Refrigerate

11

(Can be made 2 weeks ahead

12

Keep refrigerated

13

) Combine pears, wine and lemon juice in heavy large Dutch oven

14

Bring to boil

15

Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until pears are tender, occasionally stirring and pushing pears into liquid to submerge, about 20 minutes

16

Working in batches, transfer mixture to processor; puree

17

Return to same pot

18

Add sugar, cinnamon and cardamom

19

Simmer over low heat until mixture thickens and mounds slightly on spoon, stirring often and partially covering if mixture splatters, about 2 hours

20

Transfer hot pear butter to clean jars

21

Cover and cool

22

Refrigerate

23

(Can be made 2 weeks ahead

24

Keep refrigerated)