Pear honey

[Merle Hawggard]

Went to an old home place by the Mississippi River and picked up pears to make pear honey today. It's pretty simple, peal and core then shred 8 cups of pears. I use a food processor for that. Add 8 cups of sugar to your shredded pears and cook on medium heat till its thick, I took 65 minutes on the batch today. Then add 1 cup of crushed pineapple and cook 15 more minutes. Fill pint jars and water bath them 10 minutes.

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[wbpdeer]

How many jars did you wind up with?

 

[Merle Hawggard]

How many jars did you wind up with?

Two batches made 9 and a half pints. I had to sample it just a bit.

 

[dogdoc]

That sounds yummy. Bet it would be good spread on a peanut butter sandwich

 

[Merle Hawggard]

That sounds yummy. Bet it would be good spread on a peanut butter sandwich

Not much it ain't good on lol! I like it on a hot cathead biscuit best.

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[Btaylor]

White sugar or cane? I am straight up stealing that idea.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

White sugar or cane? I am straight up stealing that idea.

Just plain white granulated sugar. Good luck, pretty sure you'll like it.

 

[Doctorbrady]

I make a pear butter similar to apple butter. I add cinnamon, ginger and cardoman to break up the monotone sweetness of the pears. Like it better than apple butter .