Ginger-pear Sauce For Gingerbread

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 strip lemon peel (3 inch piece)
• 4 ripe pears, peeled, cored and sliced
• 2 tablespoons slivered crystallized ginger

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, water and lemon peel.
• 2 cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring.
• 3 stir in pears.
• 4 cover and simmer until very tender (about 20 minutes).
• 5 remove lemon peel and puree this mixture.
• 6 stir in ginger.