Cran-Fruit Sauce at the Fatted Cafe

1 tablespoon of butter
2 medium Macintosh apples, peeled and chunked
1 medium Bosc pear, peeled and chunked
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
1 cup of apple cider
1 /2 to 2 /3 cup of prepared whole berry cranberry
or cran-orange sauce
4 1-inch slices of packaged pound cake
1 pint of French vanilla ice cream

Place a small sauce pan over moderate heat and add butter. Work
close to the stove and add apples and pear to the pot as you chop
them. Sprinkle the fruit with brown sugar, a teaspoon of lemon juice
and nutmeg. Add cider and raise heat a little, and allow liquid to
come to a boil.

Then add cranberry or cran-orange sauce to the pot. When sauce
returns to a bubble, turn heat back to moderate and cook sauce 5
minutes until apple and pear are softened but sauce remains fairly
chunky in consistency. Spoon warm fruit sauce over pound cake
slices and top with scoops of vanilla ice cream. Serves four.

Over pound cake a la mode, a
special treat from the Today Show.
Prep: 10 minutes - Cook: 5 minutes