Vanilla Pear Sauce

A chunky pear sauce with vanilla bean. For vanilla lovers-VERY vanilly.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 8 pints

Ingredients

• 15  lbs  firm pears, sliced and cored or 28  cups  cups sliced pears
• 4  cups water
• 4  tablespoons lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon lemon juice
• 1  whole vanilla bean, minced fine
• 1  cup white sugar

Directions

1. cook pears and water and lemon juice over med high heat covered until tender enough to break apart with a wooden spoon.don't cook until mushy though.about 7 minute.
2. add vanilla and sugar and mix thoroughly.
3. process in pressure canner at 10 pounds for 10 minute.
4. yield 8 pints.
5. The pears cook more in the pressure canner and will break down more.