Pear Jam

Pear Jam

wtorek, 4 lutego 2014

Pear Jam

Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 8 -9 pears, cored and chopped (peeling is optional)
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 (1 3/4 ounce) box pectin, Sure-Jell no-sugar, powdered
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom, ground
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1 tablespoon ginger, fresh grated
• 3 cups sugar

Directions

• 1 Place 5-1/2 to 6 cups chopped pears and the lemon juice in a heavy pot.
• 2 Mash pears with a potato masher to desired chunkiness. If you like it fine you can coarsely grind it. But a food processor will make it too pureed for this recipe.
• 3 Stir-in the powdered pectin, spices and ginger.
• 4 Bring to a boil and boil hard for one minute.
• 5 Add the sugar.
• 6 Bring back to a boil and boil hard for 4-minutes stirring frequently.
• 7 Ladle into sterile jars, seal and process for 10 minutes.
• 8 Yield 7 half pints.