With the approach of autumn, every housewife begins to think about how to save a little summer in winter: from which to cook delicious stewed fruit, preserves and jams? One of the most popular fruit in our latitudes is a pear, it is this gift of nature that is suitable for preparing various goodies for the future, for example, jam.
Classic pear jam
If you do not know how to cook
jam from pears, for a start you are best to try to cook it according to the classic recipe, and only then give free rein to imagination. We need 3 kg of sugar and 5 kg of pears. It is worth noting that for this recipe it is better to choose ripe fruits.
Before cooking the jam, the fruits must be thoroughly washed, peeled and the core removed. Next, the fruits are placed in water and cooked for 40 minutes. Sometimes it takes less time. Look carefully, evidence of the readiness of pears for further processing is their softness, the main thing is that they do not spill.
The boiled fruits should be passed through a large sieve, placed in a pan of a suitable volume, add 1.5 kg of sugar and put on fire. Cook classic jam from pears for the winter should be about 3 hours. Do not forget to stir it periodically so as not to burn. After this time, add 1.5 kg of sugar to the pan, cook for another 3 hours and roll it up in sterilized jars.
Pear jam with lemon
If you’re already tired of classic recipes, but don’t know how to cook jam from pears with the addition of other fruits, we offer this simple recipe that involves combining the main ingredient with lemon.
So, you need 1 kg of fruit, 400 g of sugar and lemon. These components are enough to make delicious pear jam. The recipe is as follows.
- The fruits washed and peeled from the cores and damaged areas are cut into slices.
- Place them in a pan and, pouring 400-600 g of water, cook until soft, stirring occasionally.
- Softened fruits should be removed from the peel and seeds with a sieve, then put back into the container.
- Add pre-squeezed lemon juice, sugar and boil for about half an hour.
- Arrange the treat in sterilized jars immediately after the cooking process.
Pear and Apple Jam Recipe
Another popular fruit in our country is apples, so it is not at all surprising that many housewives are looking for a recipe for how to cook jam from pears with apples. And to do this is quite simple!
Fruits in equal proportions - 1 kg of pears and 1 kg of apples - are thoroughly washed, cut, placed in an aluminum or enamel container, filled with water and boiled for 20 minutes. Then they should be wiped through a sieve to remove seeds and peel from the mass. 500 g of sugar is added to the resulting puree, the mass is boiled for 90 minutes, after which it is laid out on sterilized jars and rolled up.
Slow cooker - an excellent device for cooking jam from pears
Thanks to the advent of new household appliances, the life of modern housewives is becoming easier. It turns out that many already know how to cook jam from pears and many other fruits in a slow cooker. If you are the owner of this miracle of technology, then the recipe below will be very useful to you.
To get a delicious jam in a slow cooker you will need to put 1 kg of previously washed, peeled and sliced pears, 700 g of sugar and 500 g of water. It is important that all ingredients do not occupy more than 2/3 of the volume of the bowl.
Jam should be cooked in the “Stew” mode for two hours. Approximately every 30 minutes it should be mixed with a wooden spoon. After the specified time, the treat should be laid out in jars, rolled up and, wrapped up, gradually cooled.
Whichever of these recipes you can pick, you can be sure that in the winter the whole family can enjoy a delicious treat, remembering the sunny days.