The star of fruit.

I was supposed to make this way back on December 12th, but I couldn't find the fruit anywhere. Remember? Well, I found the fruit at Safeway the other day and decided to try something different. Instead of putting this recipe over pound cake or ice cream like the card suggests, I crocked it last so we could put it over waffles for our breakfast Christmas morning.

"Spicy Fruit Dessert" (6 quart pot)

~1/4 c orange marmalade
~1/4 t pumpkin pie spice (I made my own. It was 1/8 t cinnamom. 2 pinches ginger. 1 pinch nutmeg. 1 pinch cloves.)
~1 (6 oz) can frozen orange juice concentrate
~1 (15 oz) can pears, drained and diced
~1 carambola, sliced and seeded

Combine all ingredients in crock pot.
Cover and cook on high for 2 hours.
Serve warm.

4 servings.

Look! It's Christmasy! Carambola slices look like stars! (They're also called starfruit. Imagine that.)

This was really good. Having never had a carambola before, I didn't really know what to expect. (Or how to cut and seed it. Thanks, Google!) We've decided that putting this over waffles worked alright, but we could totally see why they suggest serving it over ice cream. It kinda needs something sweeter than say, oh, I dunno, waffles to balance out the spiciness. So, you'll never guess what I did. I stuck what little leftovers we have in the freezer so we can warm it up and serve it over ice cream someday. I'll try to remember to let you all know when that happens!