Spiced apple-pear butter - bon appetit

3 1/2 cups

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ pounds Rome Beauty or other baking apples, peeled, cored, coarsely chopped
2 pounds Pears, peeled, cored, coarsely chopped
1 cup Apple cider or apple juice
¼ cup Fresh lemon juice
½ cup Sugar
⅓ cup Firmly packed golden brown sugar
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1 3x1/2-inch strip orange peel (orange part only)

Directions

Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350'F. Combine first 4 ingredients in saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover. Simmer until fruit is vety tender, about 15 minutes. Puree fruit mixture in processor. Mix in ½ C sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Transfer mixture to 8 inch square glass baking dish; add orange peel.

Bake uncovered until mixture is dark and thick, stirring often, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Discard peel. Transfer butter to bowl; cool completely. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.) Bon Appetit/October/94 Scanned & edited by Di Pahl & <gg>

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