Pickled Pears

Recipe Cuisine: Penndutch
Recipe Category: Penndutch
Recipe Serves: 1

Recipes Ingredients:

14 lb Pear
1 ts Cloves, whole
1 qt Cider vinegar
1 ts Cinnamon, stick
6 lb Sugar

Recipe Instructions:

DIRECTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ Any good preserving pear may be used. Slice and remove core or Pickle/a> whole; the latter method is preferred when Sickel pears are used. Peel pears. Put spices in a small Cheese cloth bag and add to the vinegar and Sugar and bring to a boil. Add pears and cook until tender. The pears will look clear when tender. Remove them with a spoon and place them in sterilized jars. Boil the Syrup until it becomes thick, the pour it over pears and seal. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936. Converted by MMCONV vers. 1.20