Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, Barb! This seems to be the closest thing to
what I had. Although mine had 1 or 2 small amounts of
something else. I'll try this one.

Kate


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Kate Connally
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