Preserving pears: Here's how to do it right

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Preserving pears is very easy. We show you step by step how you can preserve the fruit and enjoy it all year round.

Preserving pears: the ingredients

  • 1 kilogram of pears
  • 1 liter of water
  • Lemon juice
  • 500 grams of sugar
  • Spices of your choice (e.g. cinnamon or clove)

Wake pears properly: Here's how it works

  1. First of all, the mason jars need to be cleaned thoroughly rinsed with hot waterbecomeso that they are sterile.
  2. Before you can canned the pears, you need to peel them, cut them in half or quarter them and remove the core. The fruits should neither be too hard nor overripe. It is also important that they do not have any bruises or rotten spots, these must be cut out.
  3. To prevent the pears from turning brown, you put them in water and add some lemon juice added.
  4. The next step is to blanch the pears. That's what you give them for in boiling water for two minutes. Then you fill the pears up to two centimeters below the rim in the jars.
  5. Then you make the sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in boiling water while stirring constantly. If you want, you can too Add spices such as cinnamon or cloves. Finally, pour the syrup over the pears so that they are completely covered. To the edge of the glass should still an inch of space be. Wipe the mason jars carefully and seal the lids airtight.
  6. Finally, put the glasses in a large saucepan and three-quarters filled with water. You can now boil down the pears at a temperature of around 90 degrees. After 30 minutes, turn off the stove and then let the pears cool down.

Preserve the pears in the oven

There is also the option of waking pears in the oven. For this, steps 1-5 remain the same, but you use a pot instead a drip pan or deep baking dish. Place the mason jars in it and pour water into the container so that the pears are two inches deep standing in the water. Now they have to boil down on the middle shelf for 60 minutes at 150 degrees.

Then you let the fruit rest for half an hour. Preserved pears can be kept for several years, but they should processed after one yearbecause otherwise they will lose their taste.

Are you still looking for recipes for cooked pears? They are ideal, for example, for pear jam, pear cake, pear crumble or pear compote.

With us you will find even more tips, tricks and recipes for cooking fruit. For example, we'll show you how to boil asparagus or rhubarb.

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