Canning Pears
When canning pears you need to choose fruit that is ripe but not too
soft.
Pears are another fruit that we love. Home canning
provides fruit that is so much healthier and less expensive than store
bought fruit.
Pears may be processed in a
water
bath canner.
Prepare
Gather
your canning supplies
Ingredients
- Pears
- sugar - for the syrup (optional)
Syrup for Packing
Prepare light or medium syrup. I prefer light syrup. Simply
heat water and sugar in a sauce pan until sugar dissolves.
- Light – 2 cups sugar to 1-quart water
- Medium -3 cups sugar to 1-quart water
You can also make a syrup with
honey
if you don't want to use processed sugar.
- light - 1 1/2
cups honey to 4 cups water
- medium - 2
cups honey to 4 cups water
Procedure
Start by
preparing jars, and get water in your canner
heating.
(see
Water
Bath Canning
for full directions)
Prepare your choice of syrup. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to just
keep hot.
Peel, core and slice your pears in half. Cut out any bruised
areas.
There are 2 options to filling your jars
- Place pears immediately into the hot syrup to avoid
browning. Work quickly so the pears don't sit in hot syrup for too long.
- The other option is to place peeled and sliced pears into
an ascorbic
or citric acid solution. This commercial product
prevents
browning. Follow the directions on the package. When you
have enough pears prepared, drain and rinse. Then place the
pears
into your hot syrup.
Cook pears 5-6 minutes in your syrup. Just enough to heat
through. You don't want to over cook but a hot pack works
better.
Using a slotted spoon, pack hot pears into hot jars.
Cover with the same syrup you cooked in, leaving a 1/2 inch head space.
Wipe the rims
clean, remove any air bubbles and place your lids.
For more details follow
water
bath canning instructions.
Process
Pints for 20 minutes, quarts 25 minutes
| Altitude
Adjustments for Boiling
Water Bath Canner |
| Altitude in Feet |
Increase processing time |
| 1001-3000 |
5 minutes |
| 3001-6000 |
10 minutes |
| 6001-8000 |
15 minutes |
| 8001-10,000 |
20 minutes |
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