The Best Brown Butter Pears and Apples
This extremely easy and versatile recipe takes autumnal apples and pears and bathes them in brown butter and warming spices for a delicious topping for breakfast or an equally delicious filling for pies and galettes.
Ingredients
- 3 pears cored and roughly diced
- 2 apples cored and roughly diced
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon or more to taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ cup brown sugar to your taste
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Melt butter over medium-low heat in a skillet. Lower heat and, stirring occasionally, allow butter to foam a little before it subsides creating lightly browned flecks that form at the bottom of skillet; the butter should have a nutty aroma.
- Add apples and pears with a pinch of salt. Stir fruit into the butter and cook pears and apples until they start to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Add brown sugar and cinnamon and stir again. Stir occasionally as the pears and apples cook and caramelize with the sugar, about 7-10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Taste and adjust seasoning to preference. Serve atop oatmeal, pancakes, yogurt, or even French toast.
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