🍐🥄 Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with this delightful Ginger Pear Preserves recipe! Perfect for spreading on toast, pairing with cheese, or gifting to friends and family, these preserves are bursting with sweet pear flavor with a hint of zesty ginger. With just a few simple ingredients and easy steps, you’ll have a batch of homemade preserves that are sure to impress. Let’s dive into the recipe:
Ginger Pear Preserves Recipe
🕒 Total Time: 50 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 20 minutes
🕒 Cook Time: 30 minutes
🍽 Servings: 7 quarter pints
🥘 Recipe Yield: 7 quarter pints
🍽 Calories per Serving: 339.2
⭐ Aggregated Rating: 5 (from 8 reviews)
Ingredients:
- 5 1/2 cups pears, peeled and chopped
- 2 limes
- 1 T lime zest
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- 2 1/3 cups white sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ginger root, grated
Instructions:
- Prepare Pears: Peel and chop the pears until you have 5 1/2 cups of fruit.
- Zest Limes: Using a zester, remove the green rind from the limes to obtain 1 tablespoon of lime zest.
- Juice Limes: Squeeze the limes to extract 1/3 cup of lime juice.
- Combine Ingredients: In a large stainless steel or enamel saucepan, combine the chopped pears, lime zest, and lime juice.
- Add Ginger and Sugar: Stir in the grated ginger root and white sugar until well combined.
- Bring to Boil: Place the saucepan over medium heat and bring the fruit mixture to a full boil, stirring constantly.
- Gel Stage: Continue boiling and stirring until the mixture reaches the gel stage, which typically takes around 15 minutes. The preserves should thicken slightly.
- Optional: Mash Fruit: If desired, use a potato masher to gently mash some of the fruit for a chunkier consistency.
- Prepare Jars: Meanwhile, sterilize your canning jars by placing them in boiling water or running them through the dishwasher.
- Fill Jars: Once sterilized, carefully ladle the hot preserves into the hot jars, leaving about 1/4 inch of headspace at the top.
- Seal Jars: Wipe the jar rims clean, place the lids on top, and screw on the bands until fingertip tight.
- Process Jars: Process the filled jars in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes if you’re at altitudes up to 1000 feet.
📝 Note: Be sure to follow proper canning procedures for safe preservation of your preserves.
🍐🥄 Once your Ginger Pear Preserves are ready, store them in a cool, dark place. Enjoy spreading this deliciousness on toast, biscuits, or using it as a flavorful topping for yogurt or ice cream. These preserves also make wonderful gifts for friends and loved ones, spreading joy with every spoonful!
