Ginger Pears
Ingredients
- 10 lb pears
- 8 lb sugar
- 4 oz crystallized ginger
- 6 lemons
Directions
- Pare fruit cut in thin slices after removing core
- Mix pears and sugar
- Place over low heat in large kettle
- Stir until sugar is melted and syrup formed
- Simmer until fruit is clear stirring occasionally
- Add grated rind of 2 lemons and juice of all 6 Add ginger cut in small pieces simmer until thick
- Put in sterilized jelly glasses cover with paraffin or seal in sterilized pint jars while hot
- Yields approximately 18 glasses