Pear Preserves

Name: Pear Preserves
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c. sugar; 3 c. water; 6 medium cored, pared, hard-ripe pears, cut in halves or quarters (about 2 lb. before preparing); 1 1/2 c. sugar; 1 lemon, thinly sliced

5 ingredients

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Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. water
6 medium cored, pared, hard-ripe pears, cut in halves or quarters (about 2 lb. before preparing)
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 lemon, thinly sliced

Directions

1

Combine sugar and water; cook rapidly 2 minutes. Add pears and boil gently for 15 minutes. Add remaining sugar and lemon, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cook rapidly until fruit is clear, about 25 minutes. Cover and let stand 12 to 24 hours in a cool place. Pack fruit into hot Ball jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Cook syrup 3 to 5 minutes or longer if too thin. Pour, boiling hot, over fruit, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Adjust caps. Process half pints and pints 20 minutes at 180° to 185° in
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hot water bath. Yield: About 5 half pints.