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PEAR PRESERVES




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




1 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups water
6 medium cored, pared, hard ripe pears, cut into halves or quarters (about 2 pounds)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 thinly sliced lemon


Recipe



Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar and water. Cook rapidly 2 minutes. Add pears and boil gently for 15 minutes. Add the remaining sugar and lemon slices, 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.

Sterilize canning jars. Heat fruit and syrup to boiling. Pack fruit into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space. Cook syrup 3 to 5 minutes or longer if too thin. Pour hot syrup over fruit, leaving 1/4 inch head space. Wipe jar rims and adjust lids. process 5 minutes in a boiling water bath.