Speaking of fruit,
Speaking of fruit, apple season has been over for some time. The honeygolds were small and spotty. The cortlands were all wormy. But the firesides, the ones I had to cull way back, were large and gorgeous. I think I picked about five. : |
There are lots of pears again. I didn't pick very many, maybe one bagful. Instead of worrying about getting the grit out, I boiled the heck out of them and used the juice to make jelly, once the sediment had sunk to the bottom. Only it didn't jell. Maybe I boiled the juice too much. I'm going to have to go back and empty all the little jars and try again. I also have some juice sitting in the fridge that I need to process.
Labels: pears apples jelly
posted by Sneakytoes @ 12:45 PM
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I am doing pears right now. I looked up the proper way to harvest pears and what I found out is this: harvesting pears after they are ripened on the tree will cause them to be gritty. You have to pick them when the little white spots on the skin has turned to brown and the seeds inside are brown instead of white. Lay them out on a table or put them in a brown paper bag. They need to lay out for 1-3 weeks before you can them. However, I think you can go ahead and make pear butter since you are cooking them all the way down. A friend of mine has already made some and it was delicious. Funny thing is, she made it gritty on purpose by adding dried orange rind. It would have been very smooth if not for that. I don't think I'll be doing that....I didn't like the little crunchies in there!! Hope this helps!!
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