In article >,
Kate Connally > wrote:

> Hi all,
> I just posted my recipe for Grittibanz which I am
> planning to make this year as gifts. I have always
> accompanied it by a batch of my Pear Honey. However
> I seem to have lost the recipe. I have searched high
> and low at home and can't find it. I know it must be
> there somewhere but is probably misfiled (I have hundreds
> of recipe cards in 4 large file boxes!) or stuck in one
> of my 100 or so cookbooks. My aunt thought I had given
> her a copy but couldn't find it. I have e-mailed by
> sister to see if I gave it to her and she still has it.
>
> I went online and tried to find it. I found about 10,000
> recipes called Pear Honey. And about 9,998 of them have
> pineapple or pineapple juice in them. Mine does not!!!
> The other 2 were not the same recipe. I'm going nuts here.
> I love that stuff. Everyone else loves it.
>
> So, does anyone out there, by any chance, happen to have
> this recipe? It is just pears, sugar, honey (I think),
> and maybe a pinch of cinnamon or lemon juice. I haven't
> made it for at least 5 years and my memory is getting
> cloudy. But it sure as hell does not have pineapple in
> it! I got this recipe from, I think, Bon Appetit over
> 20 years ago, maybe as much as 30 years ago.
>
> Please help!
>
> Thanks,
> Kate


Ripe pears.
Peel or not.
Core them.
Blend them smooth.
Add 2/3 - 3/4 cup sugar for each cup of pear pulp.
Cook slowly in a heavy-bottom kettle until thickened a bit, remembering
that it will thicken more when it's cold.
No honey involved; the name comes from the consistency of the finished
product.

Are you going to can it? Process half-pint jars in a boiling water bath
for 5-10 minutes, filling the jars to 1/4" with the hot honey.

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