Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: muntjac on October 10, 2007, 21:15
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american recipe folks ( yeh i was there lol ) 71/2 pounds mid ripe pears .not hard not soft
1 cup orange blosson honey if ya can get it ... normal heather honey will do .tablespoon grated orange rind .no pith
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
wash n chop the pears big pan use a spud masher to crush ya pears to release the juices boil em up simmer em fer 20 minutes or until the pears are soft stir em
push em through a fine sieve you should get about 10 cups juices now wack the stuff through a blender till its puree....... it has to be smooth ok put it back in then pan check for lumps glued to sides before tho
shove in the rind n nutmeg boil that fer 45 mins stirring half a dozen times during that time put the cup of honey in now boil it gently .very gently . I SAID GENTLY DIDNT YA HEAR ME // :x ok if the honey glues to ya spoon in a mound stick it in the jars put the lids on and stick em in a tray water in the oven to boil fer 5 mins .. let em cool SLOWLY for an hour or more before moving em . store in a cool dark shed / place .eat as you want .and no you cant have any of mine :roll: