Chunky Pear and Applesauce

Submitted by WI Cheesehead

"This is our favorite way to make applesauce. It comes from the book, "Baby Let's Eat" for heatlthy cooking for both baby and family. The pears give it a bit of a crunch, even though we don't leave the chunks. We puree it smooth. And there's no sugar in this recipe. We usu. leave out the mace and it tastes fine."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 2 cups

ingredients

• 3 mcintosh apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
• 3 ripe pears, peeled, cored and quartered
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground mace
• 1⁄8 teaspoon grated nutmeg

directions

1. Place all ingredients in a heavy saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat to a simmer.
3. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a chunky sauce, about 10 minutes.
4. Remove from the heat, cool, and refrigerate until needed.
5. You can also freeze in ice cube trays. Keep frozen cubes in a plastic bag so you can remove one portion at a time.

Reviews

[in the garden]

soooo easy! I used ginger instead of mace and gala apples. I forgot about it simmering on the stove - whoops! but no problem, it didn't burn!

 

[Tys Kitchen]

Wonderful twist on traditional applesauce. Great way to use up pears and apples -- freeze and use instead of regular applesauce.

 

[Shers Cooking]

Very easy & served as a side with spicy pork loin. I was out of mace, so used 1/8 tsp. pumpkin pie spice. Yummy!

 

[TexasHurricane]

Very good applesauce! I used three barlett pears and four small gala apples. I cut my pieces pretty small, so it took me a lot longer than 5 minutes to prep this. I didn't have any apple juice concentrate, so I just added a little extra water and some sugar twin brown sugar. I left out the mace and pureed this smooth, which gave me about 4 cups of applesauce. I liked it a lot better after it had been refrigerated for awhile. Great spin on traditional applesauce!

 

[LonghornMama]

We would give this 10 stars if we could! Loved it! Had some overripe pears and banged up apples to use and this recipe was a quick and easy choice. Healthy, too. Apple juice concentrate works very well as a sweetener, and I much prefer it to sugar. The kids asked that I pack some in their lunches which is a big thumbs up! Left out the mace and pureed smooth. I used to make my boys' baby food and would suggest for a small baby omitting the lemon juice and spices. Thanks for sharing your recipe! I'll be making this again!