An Old Fashioned pear preserve recipe made with fresh pears, thinly sliced lemon and lots of sugar. Pear preserves are the perfect recipe if you have an abundance of fresh pears.
An Old Fashioned pear preserve recipe made with fresh pears, thinly sliced lemon and lots of sugar. Pear preserves are the perfect recipe if you have an abundance of fresh pears. Happy Wednesday friends!!
Peel and dice pears. Put in large pot and cover with sugar. Let set overnight. The next day, add lemon juice and bring to a rapid boil. Turn heat to low and let slow cook 5 to 6 hours, till it turns light brown. Bring back to a boil and quickly ladle into jars and seal. For a no-fail seal, invert jars for 5 minutes.
Let the pears sit overnight (at room temperature) about 12 hours. The sugar will pull the juice from the pears and in the morning you will have pear slices in syrup, ready to cook into preserves. The next day the sugar will have melted and the pears and lemon slices will be floating in a sweet syrup.