Pear Sauce Recipes

HOME-STYLE PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine pears, water and lemon juice in a heavy bottomed 8-quart pan.
• Bring to a boil, stirring often.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until soft, stirring often (about 30 minutes).
• Add sugar and cinnamon, bring to a boil.
• If too chunky put it thru a food mill.
• Fill prepared hot jars with hot sauce, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
• Gently run a narrow nonmetallic spatula between sauce and jars to release air bubbles.
• Wipe rims clean; top with hot lids, then firmly screw on bands.
• Process in boiling water bath for 15 minutes for pints, 20 minutes for quarts.
• You may want to change the amount of sugar depending on your taste.

APPLE PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium heat; add pears, apples, water, and vanilla extract to the hot skillet. Cover and simmer fruit mixture for 10 minutes; remove lid and cook until most of liquid is evaporated and fruit is softened, 10 to 15 more minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and transfer fruit mixture and any remaining liquid to a food processor. Process until smooth; stir in cinnamon. Serve warm or refrigerate up to 4 days.

PEAR BARS WITH PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, soda, salt, and cloves. Mix well.
• Stir in eggs, oil, and pear sauce till well mixed.
• Spread batter in sprayed 9 by 13.
• Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or till center tests clean.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar, cut into bars and serve with ice cream or whipped cream and extra pear sauce.
• For pear sauce:.
• Mix all ingredients together in a sauce pan over medium heat.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cook for 10-15 minutes till pears are tender.
• Puree in blender .

STEVE'S FALL PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine pears and water in a pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until pears begin to break down, about 25 minutes. Stir lemon juice and cinnamon into pears. Blend pears with a hand blender or by transferring to a blender until smooth.

PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pears over medium-low heat, covered, for a few minutes until they start to release all their juices. Then uncover and continue to cook until pears are soft.
• Mash or puree to get your desired texture - I like to leave it kind of chunky.
• Stir in honey and vanilla, mix well.
• This will be a rather thin pear sauce, if thicker is desired, then continue to cook for up to an hour or so to evaporate more of the liquid.
• Store refrigerated, tightly covered, for up to 2 weeks.
• May also be frozen.

PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan with a lid, combine pears, 1/4 cup water, lemon zest, and 1/8 teaspoon coarse salt. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cover, and cook until pears are soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Uncover, and coarsely mash with the back of a spoon. Continue cooking until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer mixture to a food processor, and blend until smooth; add lemon juice and honey to taste. Serve warm, or let cool, then cover and refrigerate up to 1 week. Use as you would applesauce.

PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Place pears in a microwave bowl with a lid, leave lid off of the bowl just a bit.
• Microwave on High for 20 minutes.
• Check to see how tender they are, if tender use a masher and mash them, if not return to microwave for another 20 minutes.
• Do not mash fine, as you want it to be chunky.
• Keep repeating step 2 until the juice has been decreased by 75%. Watch that it does not burn.
• Put into plastic containers and freeze.

PEAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cook 10-15 minutes or until pears are tender.
• Puree in blender and store in fridge or freezer.