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Chef shares pear caramel sauce recipe that has zero butter, cream or sugar
A creamy caramel sauce with no regrets? Yes, please!
Rebecca Reid
10.28.21

A creamy caramel sauce with no regrets.

Popular YouTube channel, ‘One day One recipe’, has shared a perfectly tasty and healthy caramel sauce that can be poured over pancakes, added to a hot drink, or spooned over your favorite ice cream. This caramel sauce will leave you satisfied but not guilty because it is made from pears instead of sugar. It’s time to try this amazing recipe for yourself!

Grab some delicious pears.

The recipe calls for three large pears.

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Peel and core the pears.

The YouTube chef mentions that she uses the skins to make a sweet snack of dehydrated crisps.

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Dice pears.

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Heat your pears.

Put the cubed pears into a large saucepan on low heat.

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Add some vanilla.

Add one tablespoon of vanilla extract and enjoy the amazing smell that is filling up your home right now. This is the perfect Fall recipe that makes any guest feel welcome.

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A slow stir.

Cook the pears on low heat for 10 minutes. Stir the pears often while they cook. After the 10 minutes is up, add 1/4 cup of water and cook on low for an additional 20 minutes. Keep stirring.

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Blend the pears.

Now that your pears are nice and soft, use a blender until smooth.

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Decadent caramel sauce is in your very near future.

At this point, it should have the consistency of apple sauce.

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Add coconut milk.

Pour 2 cups of coconut milk into a separate bowl and add 1/2 tsp of baking soda. Stir to combine.

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Heat the milk.

Pour the coconut milk into the pear mixture and stir. The mixture will bubble but this is fine…just keep stirring while it cooks.

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Heat on low for one hour.

Put on some music or your favorite show and grab a chair. This might be the ‘slow and steady’ part of the recipe but the result will be worth the wait.

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Stir the sauce continuously.

The mixture will slowly turn a golden brown color.

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You are almost finished!

Continue stirring until the mixture has thickened.

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Quick, grab a spoon!

You now have a homemade caramel sauce without butter, sugar, or cream. No judgment here so if you need to just dive right in there we fully support that decision.

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Enjoy over fresh fruit, waffles, or in your latte.

The YouTube channel’s chef mentions in the video that she made the sauce to replace a store-bought sauce. Her aim was to create something healthy and nutritious for her family.

“You can add a pinch of sea salt to it if you want a salted caramel sauce. Caramel sauce without sugar (except the natural sugar of the pear fruit), without butter, without cream! Just with coconut milk and pears! The taste of this caramel is amazing! ” – ‘One day One recipe’

Here are the ingredients you will need to make this amazing sauce:

600 g (3 large) pears

1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

60 ml of water (1/4 cup)

500 ml of coconut milk in (2 cups)

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

Now watch the video to learn how to make this delicious, guilt-free caramel sauce.

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