Hot Curried Fruit

This is a great snack or dessert for winter and fall because it's so warm---not just from being in the oven--the curry and other spices just give the fruit a warm taste, so it's exotic yet comforting. For times when you might not want a "warm" treat you could pair it with some vanilla ice cream--I haven't tried it yet but don't think you could go wrong with that combination.

20 oz can unsweetened pineapple chunks
16 oz can pitted sweet cherries, drained*
15 1/4 oz can pear halves, drained*
15 1/4 oz can peach halves, drained*
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup melted butter*
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Drain pineapple chunks, reserving juice

In a greased 2-qt baking dish, combine the pineapples, cherries, pears, and peaches.

Combine brown sugar, butter, curry, cinnamon, nutmeg, and reserved juice. Pour over fruit.

Cover and bake for 35-45 minutes.



*I don't care for cherries so I leave them out of the recipe, still works just fine
* I tend to leave the butter out because it comes out of solution (I can't find a non-nerdy way of saying that) when the dish cools, so in its place I add a mixture of peach and pear juice from the drained cans.