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Homemade Pear Butter

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Description

Every year during apple season I spend days hovering over a large copper pot, slowly stirring a thick, bubbling mixture that will become our year's supply of apple butter. And every fall for the last several seasons I've wondered how I would work the same magic on pears.

Ingredients:

  • 4 to 5 pounds chopped Bartlett pears, peels and cores included (remove any bruised or damaged parts)
  • 1 whole star anise
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup lemon juice
  • 2 to 3 cups sugar (adjust down or up given the sweetness of the pears)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest