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Canning Pear-Roasted Garlic Preserves

This is a delicious and unique preserve to make with pears! It “pears” (pun intended) perfectly with pork and chicken as a savory marinade or sauce!

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What Do I Need To Make Pear-Roasted Garlic Preserves?

To make this pear butter you need jars, clean, new lids, and bands! If haven’t read my post about my favorite canning supplies, I recommend taking a look for items that will make canning this recipe easier!

I modified the original recipe, but, if you’re following the original, then you will also need pectin.

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Recipe

Recipe adapted from The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Wrap garlic in foil and place on baking sheet.
  3. Add pears to baking sheet in a single layer.
  4. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
  5. Remove baking tray from oven and flip pears over. Sprinkle pears with 1/4 cup sugar.
  6. Place baking tray back in oven and bake for another 15 minutes.
  7. Place the foil pack with the garlic directly on your oven rack and remove the pears from the oven.
  8. Bake garlic for an additional 15 minutes.
  9. While garlic is baking, add pears and 1/4 cup water to a large, heavy-bottomed stock pot.
  10. Simmer until garlic is finished baking and cloves can be squeezed out.
  11. Add garlic and remaining ingredients to the stockpot with the pears.
  12. Use a potato masher to coarsely mash the garlic and pears.
  13. Heat over medium high heat until the gelling point is reached.
  14. Store the pear-roasted garlic preserves in the refrigerator or continue with canning instructions.

    15. Canning Instructions

  15. Fill clean, warm half-pint-sized jars with pear mixture, making sure to leave 1/4-inch headspace.
  16. Clean jar rim off to ensure no pear mixture is on it.
  17. Put a clean lid on and screw on band until fingertip tight.
  18. Put in water bath canner.
  19. Fill remaining jars until mixture is gone.
  20. Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes, adjusting for altitude.
  21. Remove jars and set on towel or wooden cutting board to cool for 12-24 hours.
  22. Remove bands and check seals. If any jars failed to seal, store in refrigerator and use first.
  23. Wash jars and store without bands on.

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Canning Pear Honey Marmalade

This pear honey marmalade is sweet, delicious, and great in yogurt, on toast, or right off the spoon! You only need 3 ingredients to make this wonderful preserve–pears, crushed pineapple, and sugar!

When we were planning what to preserve with fresh pears this season, my grandpa, who is 94 years old, requested “pear honey,” like his grandma used to make. After asking him a series of questions–what color was it, did it have pieces of fruit in it, what consistency did it have–I finally found a safe canning recipe that fit the description!

This is my variation on the original recipe, which requires less prep for the same delicious product!

What Do I Need To Make Pear Honey Marmalade?

To make this pear butter you need jars, clean, new lids, and bands! If haven’t read my post about my favorite canning supplies, I recommend taking a look for items that will make canning this recipe easier!

Recipe Video

Recipe

Recipe adapted from the So Easy to Preserve Cookbook.

Make 4-5 half-pint jars.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Put all ingredients into a large stockpot.
  2. Stir well.
  3. Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
  4. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and simmer until the gelling stage is reached. Then, remove from heat.
  5. Use an immersion blender to blend the pears into smaller pieces, if desired.
  6. Store the pear honey marmalade in the refrigerator or continue with canning instructions.

    7. Canning Instructions

  7. Fill clean, warm half-pint-sized jars with pear mixture, making sure to leave 1/4-inch headspace.
  8. Clean jar rim off to ensure no pear mixture is on it.
  9. Put a clean lid on and screw on band until fingertip tight.
  10. Put in water bath canner.
  11. Fill remaining jars until mixture is gone.
  12. Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes, adjusting for altitude.
  13. Remove jars and set on towel or wooden cutting board to cool for 12-24 hours.
  14. Remove bands and check seals. If any jars failed to seal, store in refrigerator and use first.
  15. Wash jars and store without bands on.

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How To Can Pear Honey

This pear honey tastes just like traditional honey! You can extract the juice needed for this recipe from pear peels, so no part of the pears will go to waste! You need only three ingredients and a water bath canner or steam canner for this recipe.

You can use pear honey just as you would regular honey! In tea, in recipes, on toast or biscuits, or as a sugar replacement.

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Supplies to Make Pear Honey

For this particular recipe, I recommend using a steam juicer! I extracted pear juice from the peels and used the fruit for other recipes (like my pear pie filling).

If you haven’t read my post about my favorite canning supplies, I recommend taking a look for items that make canning projects easier!

Can I Double or Triple This Recipe?

Yes, this recipe can be doubled or tripled, just make sure to double to triple all ingredients.

Important Note

If you cook or can for anyone who is vegan, then I have great news. This “honey” is vegan! I have a family member who is vegan, and I love having this fruit-based “honey” to use in recipes I know that person will be eating.

Recipe Video

Recipe

Adapted from the So Easy to Preserve cookbook, which can be purchased here.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Bring the pear juice to a rolling boil in a large stockpot.
  2. Add the lemon juice and sugar.
  3. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
  4. Continue boiling until the mixture has reduced to a honey-like consistency. It should be thick and sticky.
  5. Remove stockpot from heat.
  6. Store in refrigerator or continue with canning instructions.

    7. Canning Instructions

  7. Fill clean, warm jars with pear honey, making sure to leave 1-inch headspace.
  8. Clean jar rim off to ensure no pear honey is on it.
  9. Put a clean lid on and screw on band until fingertip tight.
  10. Put in water bath canner or steam canner.
  11. Fill remaining jars until pear honey is gone.
  12. Process in a water bath canner for 5 minutes, adjusting for altitude.
  13. Remove jars and set on towel or wooden cutting board to cool for 12-24 hours.
  14. Remove bands and check seals. If any jars failed to seal, store in refrigerator and use first.
  15. Wash jars and store without bands on.

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