3½ quarts peeled, cored and chopped pears
2¾ cups water
10 cups sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice
¼ cup Gran Gala Liquor
Combine pears and water and cook on medium high heat, covered for one hour.
Gently mash pears. Measure 2½ quarts mashed cooked pears. Add 10 cups sugar and 1/3 cup lemon juice. Cook 50 minutes until gel stage (220ยบ).
Remove from heat and stir 5 minutes to prevent fruit from floating. Stir in stir in ¼ cup Gran Gala triple orange liquor; spoon into hot sterilized jars and process in boiling water bath 20 minutes.
Yield: 6 pints
© Crackerberries 2011
