Ginger Pear Preserves
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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7 quarter pints
ingredients
- 5 1⁄2 cups pears, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 large limes
- 2 1⁄3 cups white sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons grated gingerroot
directions
- After you have peeled and chopped the pears you want 5 1/2 cups.
- Using a zester remove green rind from limes; you want 1 T.
- Squeeze the limes to get 1/3 cup.
- Place pears, rind and juice in a large stainless steel or enamel saucepan.
- Stir in ginger root and sugar.
- Bring fruit to a full boil stirring constantly.
- Do this until it reaches the gel stage, around 15 minutes.
- If desired mash the fruit.
- Ladle into sterile hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space.
- Seal and process 5 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.
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Reviews
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Oh GOLLY, this is good! I'm eating it right now! I made it with small Bartlett pears, so it took a long time peeling and chopping, but I'm sure it would be easier with larger pears. Even without mashing the fruit, this comes out with a very applesaucy texture. The ginger flavor is not overwhelming, it just gives a nice bright note to the pear. The lime isn't really noticible as itself, but I'm sure it contributes to the brightness and cuts down on what I normally find a cloying sweetness in pears.
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I made this recipe following the directions exactly and LOVE the taste but could not get the preserves to gel. I did 4X everything because of the amount of pears I had. Once they were boiling they started to foam so I turned heat down. After boiling for almost 30 minutes they were still watery and I was on a time constraint so jarred them anyway. Any hints on how to avoid this next year when my pears come in?
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My pear tree never produces fruit, but it sure did this year. Not wanting to let it go to waste, I tried these lovely preserves and am very glad I did. I am not a big fan of ginger and was somewhat worried that the taste might be overwhelming. I add just a bit at a time and ended up adding as much as indicated with great results.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana Adcock
Geneseo, Illinois