Canned Pears (halved)

  

Quantity: For each 7-quart canner load, you need an average of 17-1/2 pounds of fresh pears. For each 9-pint canner load, you need an average of 11 pounds of fresh pears.

Quality: Choose ripe, mature fruit of ideal quality for eating fresh or cooking.

Jar size: Pints or Quarts

Instructions:

1. Wash and rinse canning jars; keep hot until ready to use. Prepare lids according to manufacturer's directions.

2. Wash and peel pears. Cut lengthwise in halves and remove core. A melon baller or metal measuring spoon works well for coring pears.

3. To prevent darkening, hold pears in a mixture of water and ascorbic acid. One teaspoon or 3000 mg ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to one gallon water.  If using tablets, crush thoroughly, before adding to water.  You may also use a commercial ascorbic acid mixture, follow label for use.

4. Prepare a very light (1/2 cup sugar to 4 cups water), light )1 cup sugar to 4 cups water) or medium (1 3/4 cups sugar to 4 cups water) syrup, or pack pears in apple juice, white grape juice or water. 

5. Boil drained pears five minutes in syrup, juice or water. Raw packs make poor quality pears.

6. Fill jars with hot fruit and cooking liquid; leave 1/2-inch headspace.

7. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace if needed. Wipe rims of jars with a dampened clean towel; apply two-piece metal canning lids.

8. Process in a boiling water canner, steam canner or pressure canner according to the chart. Let cool, undisturbed, 12-24 hours and check for seals.

Processing time:

Processing Times for Boiling Water Canner or Steam Canner

 

 

Process Times at Altitudes of:

Style of Pack

Jar Size

0-1000 ft

1001-3000 ft

3001-6000 ft

Above 6000 ft

Hot

Pints

Quarts

 20  min

 25 min

 25 min

 30 min

 30 min

 35 min

 35 min

 40 min

 

Process Times for Pears, halved in a Dial-Gauge Pressure Canner.

 

 

 

Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of:

Style of Pack

Jar Size

Process Time

0-2000 ft

2001-4000 ft

4001-6000 ft

6001-8000 ft

Hot

Pints or

Quarts

 10 min

 6 lb

 7 lb

 8 lb

 9 lb

 

Process Times for Halved Pears in a Weighted-Gauge Pressure Canner.

 

 

 

Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of

Style of Pack

Jar Size

Process Time

0-1000 ft

Above 1000 ft

 Hot

 Pints or Quarts

 10 min

 5 lb

 10 lb

Source:

So Easy to Preserve, 6th edition, 2020




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