Pear Butter
- Preparing Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Served Person: 6
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 medium pears quartered and cored
- 1 tsp orange zest grated
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg ground
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- Carbohydrate 86.2023825 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 0.1970175 g
- Fiber 3.75373322104414 g
- Protein 0.53362 g
- Saturated Fat 0.0334583333333333 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (196g)
- Sodium 1.31466666666667 mg
- Sugar 82.4486492789559 g
- Trans Fat 0.0869133333333333 g
- Calories 332 calories
1. Place pears into a large pot over medium heat and add just enought water to cover the bottom so the pot and keep them from sticking, about 1/2 cup. Cook until the pears are soft, about 30 minutes. Press pears through a sieve or food mill. and mesure out 2 quarts of pulp. 2. Pour the pear pulp into a crock pot. Mix sugar, zest, nutmeg and orange juice to gether until sugar dissolves. Add to pulp and cook on low several hours (8-10) with lids slightly off to allow steam to ecape. Stir occasionally during this process. Cook until starting to thicken, (mound a spoonful onto a plate, if water seperates from the mound not done yet). 3. Ladle into hot sterile jars, leaving 1/4 inch from top. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath. Have 1 inch water over tops of jars.
