Golden Pear Chutney

Preparation info
  • Makes About

    5 Pints

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By John Martin Taylor

Published 1992

  • About

Lowcountry cooking is full of ideas that seem foreign to outsiders. This sweet and spicy chutney is the perfect foil for salty country ham. Ground together, the two form a paste for memorable appetizers.

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds hard, underripe pears, peeled, seeded, and chopped (about 6 cups)
  • 3 cups light or dark

Method

Cook the pears in water to cover until they are medium-soft. Drain, saving the water, then make a syrup of the water in which the pears were cooked and the brown sugar by boiling in a large nonreactive pot until thick, about 20 to 30 minutes. While the syrup is boiling, add the remaining ingredients to the pears, then mix everything together and cook for about 30 minutes or until the raisins ar