Roasted Pear & Apple Sauce

2 quarts

SIDE

Ina Garten How Easy Is That? (p. 192)

Ingredients

Oranges - 2

Lemon - 1

Red apples - 3 lbs

Pears - 3 lbs

Light brown sugar - 12 cup

Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp

Unsalted butter - 2 tbl

Prep

Orange - zest and juice both oranges

Lemon - zest and juice

Apples - peel, core and quarter

Pears - peel, core and quarter

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Place the zest and juice of the oranges and lemon in an oven-safe pan or pot such as a dutch oven. Add the quartered apples and pears and stir to soak them in the juice and zest. Add the brown sugar, butter and cinnamon and cover the pot. Bake for 1 14 to 1 12 hours, until the apples and pears are tender.

Mix with a whisk until the apple-sauce is smooth but still a little chunky. Depending on the ripeness of the fruit, the apples will likely fall apart and the pears will break up but stay chunky. Serve warm or at room temperature.