Pears Exotica
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For a simply delicious dessert, spoon the pears warm over vanilla ice cream."
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
4 pints
ingredients
- 6 lbs pears
- 1 lemon
- 1 1⁄4 cups granulated sugar
- 4 cups water
- 1⁄2 cup vinegar
- 4 bay leaves
- 12 pink peppercorns
- 12 green peppercorns
directions
- Prepare jars, lids and bands.
- Peel, halve and core pears. Place in a color protection solution made of 4 Tbsp Fruit Fresh dissolved in 8 cups water, if desired. Set aside.
- With vegetable peeler remove the zest from lemons in a continuous spiral; cut into 4 pieces. Squeeze lemon juice.
- In a large stainless steel saucepan combine sugar, water, vinegar and lemon juice. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Drain pears and add to syrup; cook mixture until liquid returns to a boil and pears are heated through.
- Place 1 strip lemon peel, 1 bay leaf, 3 pink and 3 green peppercorns in a hot jar.
- Pack hot pears snugly into prepared jars leaving a 3/4 inch headspace.
- Pour 1/4 cup of brandy over pears. Add hot syrup to cover pears leaving a 1/2 inch headspace.
- Using nonmetallic utensil, remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if equired, by adding more pears, spices and hot syrup.
- Process filled jars for 20 minutes in a boiling water bath. Adjust time according to your altitude.
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