Pear Recipes

Pear Honey

2 cups peeled, crushed pears
3 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 lemon or orange, ground up

Combine all ingredients, and cook in a heavy pan, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes or until it reaches a spreading consistency. Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal. Makes 2 1/2 pints.

Ginger Pear Pie

Unbaked 9" pie shell
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
3/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. Salt
3 ripe pears
2 tablespoons soft butter
2 eggs, separated
1 tsp. grated lemon peel, yellow only
3 tablespoon lemon juice

Combine 1/4 cup of the sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, ginger and the salt. Sprinkle this mixture in the pie shell. Peel and core the pears. Slice them thinly and lay the slices over the sugar mixture. Cream butter until light, and add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon flour. Mix in the egg yolks, lemon peel and the juice. Beat mixture until mixed. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold into the lemon mixture. Pour over the pears in the pie shell. Bake pie in a 425 degree oven for 10 minutes, then lower heat to 350 degrees. Bake 30 minutes more. Cool on rack.

Spiced Pears

5 Mott's Bartlett Pears
3 c Water
1/2 c Distilled vinegar
3 Tsp. Sugar
16 Whole cloves
4 Small slices fresh ginger root
3 Sticks cinnamon

Peel, quarter, and core pears to measure about 5 cups. Combine remaining ingredients in a large kettle. Bring to a boil and simmer juices for 5 minutes. Then add pears and return to a boil. Simmer 15-20 minutes longer. Serve warm or refrigerate and serve chilled. Keeps well for several days.