Pear Sauce With Honey - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 firm ripe Bosc pears (about 2 pounds total)
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
coarse salt
1 -2 teaspoon honey

Preparation

Prepare pears: peel, halve, core and cut into 1 inch pieces.
In a medium saucepan with a lid, combine pears, 1/4 cup of water, lemon zest and 1/8 tsp of coarse salt.
Bring to a simmer over medium heat.
Cover and cook until pears are soft - 10 to 12 minutes.
Uncover and coarsely mash with the back of a spoon. Continue cooking until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
Transfer mixture to a food processor and blend until smooth.
Add lemon juice and honey to taste.
Serve warm or let cool, then cover and refrigerate up to 1 week.