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Spiced Pear Chutney Recipe

Try this flavorful chutney on meat or poultry instead of heavy gravy. And this simple recipe is healthy, too. There are 3 grams of fiber in every serving! Marie Townsend - Salem, Oregon

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Healthy

Diabetic Friendly

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Spiced Pear Chutney Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Cook: 45 min.

Yield: 7 Servings

20 45 65

Ingredients

1 small onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2/3 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped dates
1-1/2 teaspoons mustard seed
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
3 cups chopped peeled ripe pears

Directions

In a small saucepan coated with cooking spray, cook and stir the onion and garlic over medium heat for 2 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, brown sugar, dates and seasonings.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; carefully stir in pears. Cook, uncovered, over low heat for 40-50 minutes or until pears are tender and mixture achieves desired thickness. Yield: 1-3/4 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1/4 cup equals 99 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 88 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Spiced Pear Chutney in Healthy Cooking December/January 2009, p9