Tuesday, 11 September 2012

pear sauce


PEAR SAUCE (MY VERSION)
1 20lb box ripe pears
2 qt water
3/4 cup minit tapioca
sugar to taste (maybe three cups?)

Quarter pears; don't bother to peel and core. Toss into 3 gallon stock pot and add water. Bring to a boil and simmer till soft, approximately 30 minutes. Crank through strainer. Add tapioca and sugar. Put into quart jars. Put lids on and hot water bath 30 minutes. (If sauce gets quite cool between the jar stage and boiling time, then simmer in canner 45 minutes.) This makes 9 to 10 quarts. I ran out of jars today so I ended up open kettle cooking some of the sauce and putting it into individual Dixie cups for the freezer for lunches. If you choose to cook it watch it carefully as it scorches easily. You don't need to simmer it long; maybe five minutes. Cool before pouring into containers.
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1 comment:

HIsaac said...

Mmmmmm. I bet I'd like this better than apple sauce...