Pear Mincemeat Pie

Pear Mincemeat Pie

Ingredients:
3 quarts pears, sliced or chopped
3 cups water
4 1/2 cups granulated sugar
6 slices lemon

Directions:
Wash and pare fruit. Cook until tender in water. Remove fruit and make a syrup of the liquid and
sugar. Add fruit to partially cooled syrup and bring gently to a boil. Add lemon slices. Boil rapidly
until fruit is clear and tender. Let stand in syrup to cool.
Remove lemon. Pour fruit into sterilized jars. Reheat syrup to boiling and pour over fruit. Seal each
jar as filled.
Yields 8 (8 ounce) jars.
Pear Preserves 103
Pear Relish
12 pounds hard pears (about 40)
peeled, cored and quartered