Gourmet Ginger Pears

Name: Gourmet Ginger Pears
Yield: Makes 7 half pints
Ingredients: 5 c. sugar; 2 tsp. grated lemon peel; ¼ c. vinegar; 4 lbs. fresh pears; ⅓ c. finely chopped ginger root (2 oz.); 14 c. fresh lemon juice

Preparation info

Makes
7 pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Serve as a relish with meats; as a luscious spread on toast

Ingredients

4 lbs. fresh pears
⅓ c. finely chopped ginger root (2 oz</

Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Wash, peel, quarter and core pears. (If extra large, cut them into eighths.)
Soak ginger in lemon juice while soaking pears.
Add sugar to pears and mix well to coat each piece. Cover and let stand overnight or 6 to 8 hours.
Stir lemon-soaked ginger into pears.
Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat until pears are tender and clear, ab