Pear & ginger jam

1 Serving

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Pears
4 ounces (1/2 cup) preserved ginger
2 pounds (5 1/3 cups) sugar
1¼ cup Water
1 ounce (1\") fresh ginger
Juice of 2 lemons

Directions

Makes 2 lbs Peel, core and dice the pears. Cut the preserved ginger nto small chunks. Put all the ingredients into a preserving kettle and stir over a gentle hea t until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and boil rapidly for abou t 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until setting point is reached. Rem ove the piece of fresh ginger, lift out the fruit with a slotted spoon and place in hot clean jars.

Rapidly boil the syrup to reduce for a few minute s, then pour over the fruit to cover. Cover and process, then complete sea ls and cool.

Mary(Chanteclair),

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