Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Sarsox on October 19, 2013, 18:39
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Hello, I have done some bottled pears and they look good & the jars are properly sealed but the syrup doesn't cover the pears by about 2cm. Does this matter ? Thanks
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If the pears are in contact with the air inside the jar the pears will start to 'go off' and lose their colour. I should re - jar.
Cheers, Tony.
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That happens to me too but I just give the jar a shake and they mostly settle. The ones out of the liquid will brown a bit but they're still edible. It's just looks. No need to rebottle.
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Thanks to both of you x
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When bottling I add some scrunched up greaseproof paper to stop the fruit from floating and keep them under the syrup.