Pan-Cooked Apples and Pears in Grape Juice

Ingredients

  • 2 cooking apples, golden delicious or Granny Smith cored, peeled and cut in chunks
  • 2 Bosc pears, cored, peeled and cut in chunks
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1-tablespoon low fat spread
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 orange
  • 1 cinnamon stick. Broken
  • 2/3 cup Welch’s 100% Grape Juice made with Concord grapes  
  • 1-cup blueberries, frozen or fresh
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1-teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 sprig of fresh mint, to decorate

Preparation

  1. In a bowl toss apples, pears and lemon juice, to prevent discoloring
  2. In a skillet over low heat melt fat spread, add sugar, and stir to form a paste.
  3. Stir in fruit chunks and cook for 2 minutes until well coated in the sugar paste.
  4. Pare off a few strips of orange peel and add to pan with cinnamon stick.
  5. Add grape juice, extract juice from the orange and pour into pan.
  6. Bring to a boil, and then simmer for 10 minutes, occasionally stirring.
  7. Add blueberries. Cook for 5 minutes until apples and pears are tender.
  8. Dissolve cornstarch in the water and add to mixture. Cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
  9. Discard orange peel and cinnamon pieces. Transfer to a serving plate. Decorate with a sprig of fresh mint and serve hot or cold.

Serves: 4

Prep time: 5 minutes

Nutrition Per Serving

280 calories, 1g fat, 0g saturated fat, 6g protein, 65g carbohydrate, 15mg sodium, 10g fiber.