Any good recipes for preserving pears?

[Scarlet]

Pear Chutney - this is fab with pate.

2kg Apples
1kg Pears
1 1/2 kg Tomatoes
2kg Brown sugar
250g Sultanas
250g seedless raisans
1 litre cider vinegar - use 750ml at the beginning and add more if necessary
1 tbl spoon salt
teaspoon each of mace or nutmeg, cayenne pepper, ground cloves, black pepper and ground ginger.

Chop all fruit, add all ingredient to a very large pan, bring slowly to the boil and simmer until done.

[northepaul]

Thanks Nicos

[Nicos]

I've amended your original post

sounds yummy!

[moola]

Sorry!!!!! oooooops it's 2lb and 4oz!!!
crikey if you made it with the 4oz you'd end up with pear syrup !

[northepaul]

From the best preserve book I have ever come across - Fruits of the Earth (gloria Nicol)
PEAR AND VANILLA JAM...unbelievably good.

4oz pears peeled, cored, cut into chunky slices
jiuce of 2 lemons
1lb 10oz sugar
1 vanilla pod

pears in bowl with lemon juice
sprinkle over sugar and add 200 ml water
slice vanilla pod and scrape out seeds, Mix in the seeds and tuck in the pods
COVER THE BOWL OVERNIGHT FOR THE SUGAR TO SOAK EVERYTHING UP

Next day, pour contents into a preserving pan and stir!! on a low heat until sugar has dissolved. Turn up the heat rapidly until you have reached setting point. The pear pieces should be transculent, You should now take out the pod pieces.

Transfer into hot sterilized jars (3 x 1lb jars should do).

Hi Moola
Thanks for the recipe, sounds nice, but wanted to double check its only 4oz of pears? if so, it must be very sweet?!
Thanks
Thea x

[moola]

From the best preserve book I have ever come across - Fruits of the Earth (gloria Nicol)
PEAR AND VANILLA JAM...unbelievably good.

2lb4oz pears peeled, cored, cut into chunky slices
jiuce of 2 lemons
1lb 10oz sugar
1 vanilla pod

pears in bowl with lemon juice
sprinkle over sugar and add 200 ml water
slice vanilla pod and scrape out seeds, Mix in the seeds and tuck in the pods
COVER THE BOWL OVERNIGHT FOR THE SUGAR TO SOAK EVERYTHING UP

Next day, pour contents into a preserving pan and stir!! on a low heat until sugar has dissolved. Turn up the heat rapidly until you have reached setting point. The pear pieces should be transculent, You should now take out the pod pieces.

Transfer into hot sterilized jars (3 x 1lb jars should do).

[northepaul]

Hi all
The title says it.
I got some gorgeous little pears from a harvest festival the other day, and I wanted to do some pear preserves, but cant really find a good one or two online.
Maybe a pickle or jam??
Can anyone share a good tried and tested one please?
Thank you