Pear Apple Butter with Cardamom Spice

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A creamy and spicy fruit butter that pairs beautifully with homemade bread, muffins, or pound cakes.

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  • 20
  • Easy
  • 15 mins
  • 60 mins
  • 120 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, salted
  • 1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces
  • 2 bartlett pears, cored, skins on, chopped into pieces
  • 1 fuji apple, cored, skin on, chopped into pieces
  • 3/4 teaspoon powdered cardamom
  • 3/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
  • 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 4 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • zest from one lemon

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium saucepan combine butter, honey, cinnamon sticks, pears, and the apple.

Over medium-high heat, bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and continue simmering for one hour.

Step 2

Pour fruit and butter mixture into a blender. Add the cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, brown sugar and heavy cream. Blend until smooth.

Step 3

Return mixture to saucepan and over low, heat until thickened, several minutes. Do not boil.

Step 4

Remove from heat and add vanilla and lemon zest.
Allow to cool in the fridge several hours. Serve with bread, cakes, cookies, or from the spoon!

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