Peardise Marmalade

Total Time: 41 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups bartlett pears (ripe)
• 1 orange
• 1 lemon
• 8 1/4 ounces pineapple (crushed undrained)
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry
• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 box sure jell light fruit pectin
• 1/2 teaspoon butter

Recipe

• 1 peel and core pears.
• 2 finely chop or grind fruit.
• 3 measure 4 cups into a 8 quart saucepan.
• 4 remove colored part of peel from orange using a vegetable peeler, set aside.
• 5 remove and discard remaining part of peel from orange.
• 6 chop fruit, reserving any juice.
• 7 add to saucepan.
• 8 repeat procedure with lemon and add to saucepan.
• 9 cut orange and lemon peels into thin slivers or chop and add to saucepan.
• 10 add crushed pineapple in juice and chopped maraschino cherries to saucepan and mix thoroughly.
• 11 measure sugar in a separate bowl.
• 12 mix 1/4 cup sugar from measured amount and pectin in a small bowl.
• 13 stir pectin sugar mixture into fruit in saucepan and add butter.
• 14 place over high heat and bring to a full boil, stirring constantly.
• 15 immediately stir in remain sugar.
• 16 bring to a full rolling boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 17 ladle quickly into hot jar, filling with 1/8 inch of tops.
• 18 wipe jar rims and threads.
• 19 cover with two piece lids.
• 20 screw band tightly.
• 21 place jars in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
• 22 makes about 7 (1 cup) jars.