Pear Honey

I am lucky enough to have two pear trees in the yard in my new house. The one pear tree we have know about since we bought the house, but Lenny just found the second pear tree while I was away at the State Fair of West Virginia. The first pear tree has very little pears, but the second pear tree has pears like you would buy at the grocery store. The only problem is that we found this tree after most of the pears had fallen off and gone bad. I cannot wait till next year because hopefully we will be able to get a lot more pears from this tree.

Anyways ever since we found out about the pear tree my dad has talked about Pear Honey that his mother used to make. Therefore when I got back home from the fair and discovered that the pears were ripe I called my dad to get the recipe. I think that the pear honey is really good. I was a little skeptical about it when he first mentioned it, but it actually has a honey taste to it.


Ingredients:
5 pounds of pears
10 cups of sugar
2 cups of crushed pineapple
11 1/2 pint jars

Directions:
Peel, core, and slice the pears.
Grind the pears up in a food processor.
Mix pears, sugar, and pineapple in a large pan.
Cook until the pears are clear.
Pour into 11 1/2 pint jars and place in a hot water bath the seal.