INGREDIENTS
- 3 pounds firm, ripe USA Bartlett pears, cored, peeled, and sliced
- 1 orange
- 1 ½ cups water
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
- Quarter and seed orange; slice very thinly. Combine water and sugar, heat until sugar is dissolved. Add pears, orange, and lemon juice. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly until mixture is 9 degrees above the boiling point of water and is very thick. Skim. Ladle into clean hot half pint canning jars to within ⅛-inch of tops. Seal according to jar manufacturer’s directions.
- Place jars on rack in canner. Process 5 minutes in boiling water bath with boiling water 2 inches above jar tops. Remove jars from canner. Place on thick cloth or wire rack; cool away from drafts. After 12 hours, test lids for proper seal; remove rings from sealed jars.
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