Pear Preserves

Actually, yours are the perfect ones! Perfect color, and I guarantee the fruit has “candied” and gotten a bit chewy. Very hard to get that texture! You did GREAT!

Your pear preserves look like my family’s pear preserves :) Thanks for taking us along on your first try! Gives me some courage that I can do it too

All of y’all commenting about the amount of sugar, you need it to get it thick and it’s not like you’re eating a whole jar of this in one sitting ❤️

Your pear preserves look like my grandmother’s pear preserves. I’ve had the lighter colored pears before and the taste is just not quite the same. Only thing I remember her doing I don’t see others do is she had a slice of an orange in each jar and about five cloves in each jar also. She would cut her slices of pear a little bigger than you did. It would be like one slice of pear preserves covered the biscuit. When I would stay with her in the summer she had everything cooked for breakfast before she would wake us up. She also already had all the biscuits buttered and melting. They were the best. She made four jelly and preserves. Pear preserves, peach preserves, strawberry preserves and grape jelly. Her grape tasted just like store bought so I didn’t really eat that one as much. But the other three were Heaven sent. Thanx for the recipe. You are encouraging me to try my hand at pear preserves. Just heard from a friend that he had a tree in his yard that no one ever touched. He offered me all I can pick and carry away. I think I know what I’m doing next week. So do you put anything over the cut pears to keep them from browning like apples do. I heard you say you used lemon juice for that. How much do you use? At what point you think it should be poured over the pears? Wish me luck. Thanx for the video also.

A friend sent me about 10 pears, and I followed your recipe. I must have sliced them thinner than they should have been, because when I cooked them, the slices sort of fell apart. These were ol’ timey pears, that were very juicey, and slightly firm when peeled. I also put a few cloves and some cinnamon in with my pears while they soaked in the sugar. The preserves taste delicious, and my son says they smell like Fall, so next time I will slice them a bit thicker to see if they turn out as pretty as yours. I’m learning too😊

They look so delicious! Love the texture of a preserved pear ~ I will need to try this. Thank you!

This is just how my mom makes them and they are divine. I will be making some for the first time this weekend

I Love Surp too

My Grandma always made this, she put diced ginger in too. Hers was the color of yours and I always cook it to that color because I think its pretty. I'm 72 so you know this is an old recipe. I have some on the stove right now and decided to watch some other folks make it while its cooking.

Thanks for the video. I'm trying this today for the 1st time. Just going to mash the pears a little more.

You are too precious. ♡ thank you

Yours came better, I did preserves before, and by the color and the thickened syrup, yours came out better.

You are too sweet thank you for sharing your recipe ☺️

It looks good

Looks good

Where are you from?! I love your southern accent! I'm from Georgia and my husband is from California and is always talking about mine 😂 When I heard you talk, I said I know it's gonna be good!

Do they take all night to firm up? Just finished mine and they are the same color as yours but very liquidy in the jar!

I wish that I could find some like this to buy. My aunts and mothers were always the darker color just like yours and I loved them so much. No way to find any to purchase. You have to make them yourself.

What kind of pears are good for making pear preserves?

Yours look much better then hers 🎉