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Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (2 tablespoons)
  • Calories:
  • 70
  • Fat:
  • 1 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 0 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 0 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 1 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 17 g
  • Fiber:
  • 0 g
  • Protein:
  • 0 g

Cherry Pear Conserve

I use pears harvested from my own trees to make this conserve. I love it combined with cream cheese and spread between two waffles that are topped with pure maple syrup.

SERVINGS

 160

CATEGORY

 Condiment

METHOD

 Overnight Recipes

PREP

 75 min.

COOK

 15 min.

TOTAL

 90 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 medium lemons
  • 2 medium limes
  • 8 cups chopped peeled ripe pears
  • 2 cans (16 ounces each) pitted tart cherries, drained
  • 2 cans (20 ounces each) crushed pineapple, undrained
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 10 cups sugar
  • 1-1/3 cups coarsely chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

Grate peel from lemons and limes; set peel aside. Remove pith from lemons and limes; section the fruit and place in a large bowl. Add lemon and lime peel, pears, cherries, pineapple, raisins and sugar. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
    Transfer to a large kettle or Dutch oven. Cook over medium heat for 50-60 minutes or until thickened. Stir in nuts; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Immediately ladle into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath. Yield: 10 pints.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Oct 13, 2008

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