Apple and Pear Stew

By Home cook Sharmini Jayawardena

Ingredients

2 apples and 6 pears (those which you have an excess of, or are going abegging)
¾ cup soft brown sugar
¾ cup water
Juice of one lime
2” piece Ceylon cinnamon
A pinch of sea salt

Method

1. Wash, peel core and cut fruit into chunks.

2. Add sugar and water to a pan and bring to a boil.
3. Add the lime juice and cinnamon.
4. Add the fruit and stir.

5. When the fruit is rather soft, remove from fire and pour into a glass dish.

6. Let the stew cool.
7. Keep in the refrigerator.

This dessert is best had with custard or with vanilla ice cream.
You can use this stew in a trifle pudding. The recipe is down bellow.