The big canning season can't end until we can up some pears! Canning pears only works if your pears are still slightly hard and not over-ripe. If you have very ripe pears of over-ripe pears I would recommend making some Pearsauce. For reference, it takes about 4 regular sized pears to fill a quart jar.
Start by making your syrup. I make the lightest syrup possible which is 5 cups of water to 1 1/4 c. sugar. And I use turbinado sugar so we don't have to used processed white sugar. It turns out the same. Make your syrup on the stove and leave it on a low heat to keep it warm while you work on your pears.
My mom prefers to not peel her pears while I don't like the peels. Since pears don't peel the same as peaches, we just peel them with a vegetable peeler.
Slice in half and scoop out the middles. You could use some kind of melon baller but I just used my measuring teaspoons.
Place your pears in a clean, sterilized jar.
Add in the syrup to cover the pears, leaving a little headspace. Clean the rims of the jar and add the lid and rim, screw on tightly. Process quarts for 25 minutes in a hot water bath canner.
Please check with your local extension office on changes in temp/times/high altitude.
Have you ever tried canning pears?
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Love canned pears. The last house we owned had an ancient (and well flowered) pear tree. We got so many pears that the base of the tree was always full of fallen fruit. I would can up many of them, and do poached pears in wine sauce, and pear flan, and pear crisp… Yum! I miss them a lot!
Love your blog! It is wonderful to see someone still canning. I grew up gardening, canning and all that wonderful stuff, but since we live in a small town I don’t do as much now. I do freeze items. You are inspiring me, though, so I might jump back into canning someday. https://www.allbetweenfriends.com
I love canning, but don’t have anything to can with where I am living now. I need to know what I can do with my pears besides canning or making sauce. Can I freeze my pears? They are ripe and ready to be eaten, very delicious!!!! I use them in my morning smoothie, also!
Yes you could! I’d just slice and freeze in bags and then you could use for smoothies later. Yum!