Pear ketchup
Goes well with cheese sandwiches, particularly blue cheese and grilled Asiago sandwiches, chicken, duck.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter (unsalted)
1 tablespoon onion (minced, or 1 tsp onion flakes per Tbs)
1⁄2 teaspoon salt (kosher salt)
1 pinch pepper (white pepper)
1 1⁄2 tablespoons vinegar (pear cider vinegar)
1 teaspoon sugar (unrefined cane sugar)
1 leaf bay leaf (small)
2 pear (large, peeled, cored and cut into 1-inch chunks)
1 sprig rosemary (about 4 inch long, very finely chopped leaves)
Instructions
- In a small pan over medium heat, melt butter and sauté the pears for 2 minutes.
- Add onion and continue sautéing for an additional 5 to 7 minutes or until the pears have softened but not turned color.
- Remove from the heat allow to cool. Place the cooled pears in a food processor with salt, pepper, rosemary, vinegar, and sugar, puree.
- Return the mixture to the pan, add the star anise and bay leaf. Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, until the mixture thickens to the consistency of ketchup.
- Remove the ketchup from heat and set aside to cool for 1 to 2 hours.
- Discard the bay leaf and star anise and taste - if the pears used were too sweet, you may want to add another ½ tablespoon of vinegar.
Yield
1 cup
Preparation time
20 minutes
Cooking time
25 minutes
Total time
45 minutes
Notes
Estimated preparation time does not include cooling time.
If the pears are medium sized or small, add more pears.
Source
easy, simmer
fruit, sauces, condiments
American food recipes
Food in U.S.A.
Food in U.S.A.