SAVOURY PEAR SAUCE OR CHUTNEY [GF][DF]

This pear sauce is very simple to make, and quite tasty with fish cakes, rissoles or potato cakes. For Chutney – do not blend.

Ingredients:

• 1 small can (410 grams) of pears in syrup
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon citric acid
• 1/2 teaspoon  salt

Method:

1. Drain the pears keeping the syrup.
2. Put syrup in sauce pan (medium heat) to reduce to around half.
3. Meanwhile dice pears quite small
4. Once syrup has reduced add pears, the brown sugar, citric acid and salt.
5. Cook on medium-low heat with occasional stirring till the pears are cooked down. This should take about 15 minutes.
6. Blend until smooth for sauce or for a chutney style do not blend, or blend just half .

(optional extras – celery, garlic)