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Sweet And Sour Spiced Pickled Pears
These pickled pears make a great addition to your cheeseboard, go really well with turkey and game and on a cheese toastie too
Ingredients
- 1/2 lemon juice and zest
- 225 g sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick small
- 4 cloves
- 4 allspice berries
- 75 ml water
- 225 ml raspberry vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 500 g pears firm pears
Instructions
- Peel zest from half the lemon and squeeze out the juice
- Add this to a pan wth all other ingredients (apart from the pears) and heat gently to dissolve sugar then raise temperature and boil.
- Peel the pears and half lengthways leaving on the stalk but removing the core
- Add pears to the boiling pickling liquid then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes till pears tender enough for a skewer to be insterted easily
- Pack pears into a big sterilised jar
- Raise temperature and boil pickling liquid for 5 minutes then pour over the pears and pop on the lid
- Set aside for 2-3 weeks to mature then serve
Notes
These sweet and sour pickled pears will keep for up to 6 months unopened. Once opened store in fridge and use within a month.
Serve with cheese, pate, with turkey and game or chopped like a chutney for sandwiches etc.
Nutrition
Calories: 1231kcalCarbohydrates: 312gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 26mgPotassium: 851mgFiber: 19gSugar: 276gVitamin A: 151IUVitamin C: 50mgCalcium: 122mgIron: 2mg
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