Compota De Peras (Pear Compote)
photo by NorthwestGal
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 firm pears, peeled and cored
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 1 cinnamon stick (about 3 inches in length)
- 1 grated lemon, zest of
directions
- Place pears in saucepan with all the remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook 10 to 15 minutes or until the pears are very soft but still hold their shape.
- Remove from heat and let cool a little.
- Serve warm or at room temperature with some of the cooking sauce.
- NOTE: For a birthday celebration, I served these with the pears whole (which I peeled but didn't core, and I cooked them whole). It provided only 2 servings though. But you can cut the pears in half, remove the core, and you'll get double the servings.
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Reviews
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The only difference between this and canned pears is the lemon and cinnamon, so don't get all excited that this is a fancy recipe. It isn't. However, it does provide a nice way of presenting pears. I cut mine up into chunks and served it with ice cream. It was tasty without a doubt. The lemon lightened and brightened the pears but did not overpower them, and the cinnamon was just a little warm background taste. There was a ton of extra liquid, so if you want to cut that back, you could. (Just modify the amount of sugar as well.)
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NorthwestGal
United States
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