Pear Butter

did not cook long enough to be a jam-it was a sauce added: cardamon, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla paste, COOK LONGER it should be a jel

I will definitely make this again. I followed Momo's advice and reduced the orange juice while keeping all the zest. I also transferred the cooked pears straight from the food mill into a crock pot where I ran it on low for a total of 10 hours. I didn't weigh my pears at all but I did pick a hefty basket off of my pear tree and it was a perfect three pints. :) Many thanks for the recipe!

Scaled down to 2 pears. Tasted great with Chef John's Dutch Babies.

I used small, hard pears from our tree. They are not very sweet, but have an intense flavor. This may be why the full two cups of sugar was exactly right for my batch. I quartered and cored the pears, left the peel on and weighed out 4 pounds post prep. It took a bit more water for step 1, slowly added water 1/8 cup at a time until they were softened. This ended up taking about a full cup of water and 2 hours with the pot covered, not the 30 minutes as stated (again, the hardness of my fruit may account for the difference). I followed the rest of the directions pretty closely and the flavor, texture and color are all spot on.

I used small, hard pears from our tree. They are not very sweet, but have an intense flavor. This may be why the full two cups of sugar was exactly right for my batch. I quartered and cored the pears, left the peel on and weighed out 4 pounds post prep. It took a bit more water for step 1, slowly added water 1/8 cup at a time until they were softened. This ended up taking about a full cup of water and 2 hours with the pot covered, not the 30 minutes as stated (again, the hardness of my fruit may account for the difference). I followed the rest of the directions pretty closely and the flavor, texture and color are all spot on.

I used small, hard pears from our tree. They are not very sweet, but have an intense flavor. This may be why the full two cups of sugar was exactly right for my batch. I quartered and cored the pears, left the peel on and weighed out 4 pounds post prep. It took a bit more water for step 1, slowly added water 1/8 cup at a time until they were softened. This ended up taking about a full cup of water and 2 hours with the pot covered, not the 30 minutes as stated (again, the hardness of my fruit may account for the difference). I followed the rest of the directions pretty closely and the flavor, texture and color are all spot on.

We have a "wild" pear tree at our new house. I've been waiting on it to start dropping pears...and boy has it! Needing a way to use up alot of pears, I thought I would try this recipe. It is delicious! I read some reviews and decided I would go with the skins on, core out, crock pot method. So, I boiled the pears whole for a bit so that I could easily cut them into quarters. (They are REALLY firm.) Then I cut out the core and boiled the quartered sections until they were soft. Not sure how long this was, since I was busy doing other things. I just kept water over them. When they were soft, I ran them through my Vitamix until it was nice and smooth. I put it into my crock pot with the sugar, orange juice, zest, nutmeg and a little cinnamon. Cooked it overnight. In the morning it was still runny. So, I took the lid off and let it cook some more. That did the trick! I put it in jelly jars in a water bath for 25 mins and they are gorgeous! I really like the orange zest. I didn't put it in until after the Vitamix treatment, so there are "chunks" of it in the jars. Very pretty. With all the pears I will have this season, I'm sure my friends and family will be getting plenty of this! Thanks for the recipe and the tips!

I caught the cooked pears just as the water evaporated, and added the juice. This smelled so good cooking after adding the rest of the ingredients! The orange juice and zest really make this recipe! I dropped spoonfuls of the pear butter on rolled out cookie dough, and covered with another piece of cookie dough for these wonderful cookies. Delicious!