Easy Cranberry Pear Sauce
You'll love this easy cranberry pear sauce recipe, a delightful twist on the traditional Thanksgiving favorite. Bursting with the fresh, tangy flavors of whole cranberries and sweet, ripe pears, this homemade sauce is spiced to perfection, easy to make, and can be prepared ahead of time.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 4 pears cored and diced
- 1 package cranberries about 3 cups
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Sort your cranberries and remove any mushy or damaged ones. Then rinse the remaining berries under cool water.
- Wash the pears, cut them in half, and remove the seeds, core, and stem. Then dice them into small pieces.
- In a medium saucepan bring the pears, sugar, cinnamon, and water to a boil while stirring over medium-high heat.
- Add the cranberries and return to a boil, turn down and simmer for 15 minutes or until the pears are soft and the cranberries have popped.
- Remove the sauce from the heat, if you want a smoother sauce mash or puree the berries. Let it cool before refrigerating.
Notes
- The sauce will thicken as it cools.
- Store in the fridge for up to 7 days or freeze or can for long-term storage.
- You can use fresh. or frozen cranberries.
Nutrition
Calories: 83kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 104mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 23IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.2mg
These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.