Red Pears, to Preserve

Ingredients

• a dozen pears
• their weight in sugar
• half a pint of water to each pound of sugar
• half a dozen cloves
• an inch of stick cinnamon
• a glassful of port

Method

1. 1

   Weigh a dozen pears, pare them, and cut them into halves.

2. 2

   Take their weight in sugar, and boil it to a clear syrup with half a pint of water to each pound of sugar.

3. 3

   Add half a dozen cloves, an inch of stick cinnamon, a few drops of cochineal, and a glassful of port; put in the pears, and simmer them very gently till they are clear and brightly coloured.

4. 4

   Take them out, and put them into glasses.

5. 5

   Boil up the syrup, strain it, pour it over the fruit, and cover the glasses in the usual way.

6. 6

   Store in a cool dry place.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1505. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Red Pears, to Preserve,— Weigh a dozen pears, pare them, and cut them into halves. Take their weight in sugar, and boil it to a clear sjTup with half a pint of water to each pound of sugar. Add half a dozen cloves, an inch of stick cinnamon, a few drops of cochineal,_and a glassful of port

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