Spiced Pears

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

• Ready In: 50 mins
• 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.