Paradise Pear Jam

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 1 orange
• 1 lemon
• 2 lbs ripe pears (about 6 large)
• 1/4 cup chopped maraschino cherry
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1 package powdered fruit pectin
• 5 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 remove rinds from orange and lemon in quarters; discard about half the part of rinds.
• 2 (scrape off with a spoon) slice rinds thinly.
• 3 chop orange and lemon, and discard seeds.
• 4 peel, core and grind pears.
• 5 combine all the fruits, including cherries and pineapple and its juice.
• 6 measure 4 1/2 cups of fruit into a large pan.
• 7 stir pectin into fruit.
• 8 place over high heat, stirring until mixture comes to a hard boil.
• 9 at once stir in sugar.
• 10 bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 11 remove from heat and skim.
• 12 stir and skim for 5 minutes to cool slightly, and prevent floating fruit.
• 13 ladle quickly into jars.
• 14 seal.