Jam and Preserve Recipes
Spiced Pickled Pears
A piquant mix of sweet pears, spices and vinegar - goes beautifully with cold meats and cheese
Ingredients
Pears,
Peeled, cored and sliced
Peeled, cored and sliced
3lb
1.5 kg
1pint
500 ml
Sugar, White granulated
16 oz
500 g
Lemon
1 each
Mixed Spice
1 tsp
0 half tsp
Cinnamon, Ground
1 tsp
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Method
- Prepare your jars by washing, rinsing and heating in a warm over to dry and sterilise
- Pare the peel from the lem and keep on one side. Add the juice to a large bowl of water
- Peel, halve or quarter the pears and take out the cores. Put the pear pieces into the bowl of water with lemon juice added as you go to prevent them discolouring
- Mix the spices together and then add a little of the vinegar
- Put the remaining vinegar into a large pan with the sugar and the lemon peel and heat the mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add in the spice mix
- Add the pears to the pan using a slotted spoon to gently lower them into the vinegar
- Simmer until translucent but not breaking up
- Remove them from the pan carefully with your slotted spoon and pack into the warmed jars
- Discard the lemon peel and then increase the heat and cook the vinegar mixture until thicker and syrupy
- Pour over the pears and seal immediately
How long will it take to make?
Preparation time:
10 mins
Cooking time:
45 mins
Total time:
55 mins
How much?
Approximately 5-6 200g/8 oz jars
Look after it
Store on the shelf away from bright sunlight, use within one year
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