GINGER SPICED PEARS
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- Kilner Jars
- chopping board
- sharp knife
- large pan
- vegetable peeler
- lemon squeezer
- wooden spoon
- slotted spoon
Ingredients
- 500 g granulated sugar
- 500 ml white wine vinegar
- 1 orange
- 5 cm piece fresh ginger
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 1.5 kg small ripe pears
Instructions
- Take the zest from the orange with the vegetable peeler
- Take the juice from the orange
- Thinly slice ginger
- Put sugar, vinegar, orange zest, juice, ginger bay leaves and peppercorns in pan.
- Bring slowly to the boil, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved.
- Boil for 5 mins
- Peel, core, half, quarter pears.
- Add to pan and poach gently for 10-15 mins (should be just tender)
- Remove pears with slotted spoon
- Pack into sterilised Kilner jars
- Boil vinegar mixture to reduce by third, then pour over pears
- Tightly close jars - keep any vinegar to top up jars as pears will absorb some vinegar.
- Store for up to 2 months