This is a great simple recipe if you have some oranges that aren't so good (not too sweet, or woody, lots of seeds..etc)
Prepare a simple syrup of sugar and water by placing a 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a small sauce pan and bringing to a boil. While the syrup is gently boiling..
Peel your orange and carefully place the orange slices in the simple syrup.
Cut some small pieces of the orange rind and place in the simple syrup.
Quarter a good pear, remove the peel and place the pear slices in the simple syrup.
Let the mixture simmer for awhile. After it's cooked a few minutes you can mush up the pear to give the mixture a thicker consistency...or you could halve the pear and try to keep it intact...for a nice presentation.
Take the orange pieces out of the simple syrup and serve with a little cinnamon sprinkled on top.
The orange will taste great! Nice, simple, clean and good.
Use the rest of the syrup on ice cream, in a tea, on waffles/pancakes or whatever sounds good to you.
