Cranberry and pear sauce
This healthy version has 75% less sugar than traditional cranberry sauce
- 40 minutes
- Serves 16
- 0.5 of 5 a day
- Kcal26
- Fat0.1g
- Salt0g
- Sugar4.9g
Recipe by: Sarah Drabble
| Nutritionist
Ingredients
- 1 x 415g can pear quarters, in fruit juice
- 100ml water
- 30g caster sugar
- 500g cranberries, fresh or frozen
- 1 orange, zest only
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Method
- Dice the pear quarters and place in a bowl with the pear juice. Blend until smooth and set aside until needed.
- Warm the water and sugar in a large saucepan over a high heat, until the sugar dissolves.
- Add the blended pear, cranberries, orange zest and spices to the saucepan; and stir.
- Cook the fruit until it starts to boil. Then reduce the heat, cover the pan, and leave to simmer for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries burst.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool before serving.
Store leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Use within two weeks.
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