Hi all. Just picked 3 pecks of pears. (Sounds like a rhyme) They are not ripe, but they passed the lift test, so they are ready to come off the tree.

Questions are: Does anyone know of an easy canning recipe for pears? Also, do the pears need to be ripe? Or, since you cook them, can you use unripen pears? Any other recipes for pears that you can think of. Also, anyone have a sugar free recipe for using pears?

Thanks,

Dawn in Ohio

Thanks for the reply. Was reading online last night and all the recipes I found recommended ripe pears. So, now the pears are on my basement floor, all spread out. Gotta remember to shut the basement door or my stupid puppies will go eat pears.

Dawn in Ohio

Ciao Dawn,

I'm up to my ears in pears also. They're ripening under my potting table at the moment and I'm actually glad they're still mostly rock hard because I've got plums and tomatoes to deal with as well. I'm planning on making Pear Butter with a number of my pears. It's like a soft spread, not exactly a jam and it's not sugar-free. I can post the recipe here if you're keen. Another thing I've done before and will most likely do this year is dry them using the dehydrator. They make a lovely camping snack. I dust them with superfine sugar so they don't stick together. You could also make fruit leather.

Let me know,
Julianna

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Originally posted by Sorellina:
You could also make fruit leather.
Julianna

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Recipe for Fruit Leather????????

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try dehydrating pears (make pear chips) they are very good, and easy to make. The best way to ripen a pear if you are trying to speed it up is to put some in a brown or plastic bag with other pears or apples.Put them on room temp area like a counter top. Pears and other fruit release ethylene gases as they ripen which speeds up ripening. You did right in picking them still green- if you let them tree ripen, they will be astringent and bad tasting. Seckels can be tree ripened fully however!

Hi. We have 3 pear trees. Pulled 5 pecks off one tree and my mom and I have been doing pears for 5 days! Geez! These things must multipy when on the table.