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Canning Pears with Honey and Vanilla Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Ingredients

 Pears

 sugar - for the syrup (optional)

 1 tsp vanilla (optional add in for the syrup)

Directions:
Directions:
Prepare your choice of syrup. Bring to a

boil and reduce heat to just keep hot.

Peel, core and slice your pears in half. Cut

out any bruised areas.

Place peeled and sliced pears into an citric

acid solution. This commercial product

prevents browning. Follow the directions

on the package. Or use a lemon juice and

water mixture.

I prefer the lemon juice just because I

usually have lemon juice on hand. I

believe the recommendation is 3/4 cup to

1 gallon water... but I almost never need a

gallon of pretreatment. I use 1 cup lemon

juice to 2 quarts water... it is stronger than

needed but my pears always stay nice and

bright.

I've also seen it suggested simply slicing

the pears directly into the jars and adding

lemon juice to the jars. 2T for a quart. I've

not done this but I may try it next time.

When you have enough pears prepared,

drain and add pears to your hot syrup.
Cook pears 5-6 minutes in your syrup.

Just enough to heat through. You don't

want to overcook but a hot pack works

best with pears.

Using a slotted spoon, pack hot pears into

hot jars.

Cover with the same syrup you cooked in,

leaving a 1/2 inch head space.

Wipe the rims clean, remove any air

bubbles and place your lids.

Water bath canner: Put the sealed jars in the canner and keep them cover with at least 1 inch of water and boiling. Boil them for at least 20 minutes (and no more than 30 min).

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
9 pints
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Syrup recipes

Prepare light or medium syrup. I prefer light syrup. Simply heat water and sugar in

a sauce pan until sugar dissolves. These recipes made just the right amount for 9

pints.  Make extra if you are doing more. 
ultra light 1/2 cup sugar to 5 cups water
 Light - 2 cups sugar to 1-quart water

 Medium - 3 cups sugar to 1-quart water

You can also make a syrup with honey if you don't want to use processed sugar.

 light - 1 1/2 cups honey to 4 cups water

 medium - 2 cups honey to 4 cups water

Add in 1 tsp vanilla if desired.

 

 

 

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