Wednesday, June 22, 2022 by Zoey Sky
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You may have already tried apple butter, but what about pear butter? You can make pear butter at home and this delicious fruit concentrate is best served with gingerbread or even just plain bread. (h/t to PracticalSelfreliance.com)
If you have a surplus of pears, like sometime in the fall, make pear butter to concentrate all that autumnal flavor into a handful of 1/2-pint or pint-size jars.
There are many ways to make pear butter and you can personalize it by using your favorite spices and seasonings. You can tweak the recipe below. Because pears are naturally sweet, flavorful and acidic, you have to use fresh and high-quality pears.
Despite the misleading name, pear butter doesn’t contain any butter. Rather, it contains fresh pears and a handful of other ingredients.
You can use whatever pear you want, but it’s best to avoid the Asian pear because it has very low acid, making it unsuitable for canning.
To balance the sugar in a pear butter recipe, you need citrus juice. Lemon juice adds tart acidity and orange juice or zest gives pear butter more of a warm fall flavor and accentuates the sweetness even more.
Note that citrus juice is only used to add a pleasant tart flavor to bring out the flavor of the pears. It’s not required for canning safety. (Related: Prepper recipes: How to make delicious acorn pancakes.)
Pear butter is fine for canning without lemon juice and the sugar is also optional. Alternatively, you can cook down just pears alone if it suits your taste.
Here are some of the basic ingredients often used to make pear butter:
Follow the recipe below to make pear butter for spreads or cakes.
Ingredients for six 1/2-pint jars or three 1-pint jars:
Preparation:
Aside from enjoying it plain for dessert, here are some suggestions on how to use delicious pear butter:
The next time you have an excess harvest of pears from your home garden, make some pear butter.
Visit NaturalNewsRecipes.com for more delicious and nutritious recipes to try at home.
Watch the video below that gives you three reasons to eat more pears.
This video is from the Natural News channel on Brighteon.com.
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