Spiced Pears

Submitted by papergoddess

"Submitted in reply to a request. From the "Joy of Cooking""

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 3 pints

ingredients

• 3 lbs pears, washed peeled,and cored
• 1 1⁄2 cups boiling water
• 6 cinnamon sticks, 3 inch long
• 2 tablespoons whole cloves
• 2 teaspoons whole ginger
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup white wine vinegar

directions

1. Cook pears in water until they begin to soften.
2. Set aside.
3. Tie in a cloth bag: cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
4. Simmer for 5 minutes spice bag, sugar and wine vinegar.
5. Add the partially tenderized pears and the liquid in which they were cooking.
6. Simmer with vinegar syrup 3 minutes.
7. Discard spice bag.
8. Pack fruit into sterile jars and cover with hot syrup.
9. Seal jars and process in boiling water bath 15 minutes for pints.