Sweet Southern Pear Honey. A sweet homemade nectar like pear honey that makes wonderful fall gifts, especially during the holidays. Pear Honey gets it's name "honey" by the color it turns after it's prepared. This pear honey is wonderful spread on toast or biscuits.
Keeps well in storage; ripens late August.
Sweet and spreadable with a hint of ginger, this pear honey is wonderful on toast or biscuits.
Also makes for a wonderful gift, especially during the holidays.
You can cook Sweet Southern Pear Honey using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Sweet Southern Pear Honey
- Prepare 8 cup of peeled, cored and chopped pears.
- Prepare 1 cup of pineapple juice.
- Prepare 6 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of lemon juice.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of freshly grated nutmeg.
If you like jam, you'll love this recipe for a sweet homemade nectar. Pear honey is an old recipe that's been passed down through families. We especially like it with hot biscuits and butter. It's also good on pound cake or even ice cream.
Sweet Southern Pear Honey instructions
- Put pears in a large heavy bottomed pot. Add pineapple, lemon juice and nutmeg. Stir in sugar..
- Bring the pears to a boil over medium high heat. Stir constantly so the pears wont burn on the bottom..
- Once you've reached a full boil, turn the heat down to medium low and continue to cook the pears for 2 to 3 hours stirring frequently. You want the pears to be the color and texture of honey. Just keep in mind that this recipe might be time consuming but the longer you cook the pears the thicker it gets and it's well worth the wait!.
- Once mixture is finished cooking, pour into hot sterilized canning jars to fill within 1/4" from the top of the jar for airspace. Seal jars with lids and rings and put into a boiling water canner bath for 10 minutes. Once done, remove jars from the water to a dry kitchen towel on the counter and allow to cool while hearing the seals of the jars pop!.
- Enjoy this pear honey on toast, breads, biscuits, muffins, fruits, ect. Once the seal has been opened on the jars, store in the refrigerator until used. Enjoy!.
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