Dessert
Chilled cooked pear sauce
PrepPr20 minCookCk30 minTotalTot50 minServesSrv4-6Ca:PCa:P1:1.1
Ingredients
- 4 medium pears
- 2 cups filtered water (1 cup initial + enough to cover)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup sugar (adjust to taste)
- Fresh nutmeg (to taste, optional)
Directions
- Peel and thinly slice 4 pears.
- In a glass bowl, mix 1 cup water with 2 tbsp lemon juice.
- Add pear slices to lemon water, toss to coat, then cover with more water to submerge.
- Cover bowl and soak in refrigerator for 10-12 hours.
- Transfer pears and soaking water to a non-metallic pot.
- Add lemon zest and fresh nutmeg.
- Bring to a boil on medium heat, then add 1/2 cup sugar (adjust to taste).
- Cook for 30 minutes until pears soften.
- Mash with a potato masher or blend for smoother texture.
- Cool uncovered to thicken, then chill before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (1 of 5). Does not change when you scale ingredients.
- Calories 175.02
- Total Fat 1.5g
- Saturated Fat 0.2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.6g
- Sodium 8.6 mg
- Carbohydrate 229.9g
- Fiber 22.8g
- Sugar 119g
- Protein 2.8g
- Calcium 76.7 mg
- Phosphorus 87.8 mg
- Ca:P ratio 1:1.1
- Vitamin A 7.1 mcg
- Vitamin C 38.8 mg
- B1 (Thiamin) 0.1 mg
- B2 (Riboflavin) 0.2 mg
- B3 (Niacin) 1.1 mg
- B5 (Pantothenic) 0.3 mg
- B6 0.2 mg
- Folate 49.8 mcg
- Vitamin K 31.3 mcg
- Copper 0.6 mg
- Zinc 0.7 mg
- Selenium 0.7 mcg