Ginger-Pear Sauce For Gingerbread - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Combine sugar, water and lemon peel.
Cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring.
Stir in pears.
Cover and simmer until very tender (about 20 minutes).
Remove lemon peel and puree this mixture.
Stir in ginger.