Roasted Pear and Apple Sauce

recipe adapted from "How Easy Is That?"

Ingredients

• Zest and juice of 2 large navel oranges
• zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 3 lbs. sweet red apples, 8 apples
• 3 lbs. ripe Bosc pears, 7 pears
• 1/2 c. light brown sugar, lightly packed
• 2 tbs. EVOO
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  
2. Place the zest and juices of the oranges and lemon in a nonreactive Dutch oven such as Le Creuset.  Peel, quarter, and core the apples and pears and toss them in the juice.  Add the brown sugar, EVOO, and cinnamon and cover the pot.  Bake for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours, until the apples and pears are tender.  Mix with a whisk until the applesauce is smooth but still a little chunky.  Depending on the ripeness of the fruit, the apples will likely fall apart and the pears will break up but stay chunky.  Serve warm or at room temperature. 

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