Ginger-Pear Butter

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"The perfect fall topping for your toast, biscuit, bagel, or English muffin."

 

• Ready In: 10hrs 40mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 6 cups

ingredients

• 3 lbs ripe pears, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 3⁄4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup water
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger

directions

1. Add the first 4 ingredients to the slow cooker; stir to combine.
2. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
3. Remove the lid and stir in the fresh and ground ginger.
4. Increase temperature setting to HIGH; cook, uncovered, 1-2 hours, to thicken and blend, stirring occasionally.
5. Let cool completely, then transfer to glass jars or other containers with tight fitting lids; store in the refrigerator where they will keep for several weeks.

Reviews

[pedspeech]

Tasted very good, but as other reviewers stated, it was more like a sauce than a butter. I only used about a third of a cup of water but it is still looser than I thought. My yield was about 4 cups (and I probably used a little more than 3 lbs of pears). That being said, it is quite tasty!

 

[CyberWoolf]

I had never made any type of fruit butter before, but they had 2 bags of pears that were reduced at the grocery store. I was looking for recipes and came across this. I am so glad I did!! It was very tasty and made the house smell great!! I wouldn't add the extra water because I had to toss it on the stove for about 20 minutes to reduce it, but other than that it was fantastic! I also didn't get as many servings as the recipe said, but that was ok!<br/><br/>I also put it on pancakes for another first time experience and I will never use maple syrup again!

 

[dicentra]

This is excellent! I had an entire tree's worth of pears to harvest so I was on the hunt for recipes. This is a great one. I doubled the recipe. I think either my pears were too wet or I added too much water b/c the final result was more like a sauce than something spreadable. I also overloaded on the ginger (not really a bad thing). Whoo! That's gingery! But good! Ended up with about 8 cups of butter/sauce. Will freeze some and gift some. Great recipe. Thanks!

 

[buzzonesbirdie]

I have a pear tree in my yard so i am always looking for something new to do with them. Well i am a nurse and i made this recipie a couple times over and everyone that i have given it too just loves it. it was easy and made the whole house smell so good. Even my kids love it my 4 year old who is really picky loves it so much that this morning i found her sitting with the fridge door open and eating the butter out of the jar with nothing but a spoon. if you love pears you must try this.