Pears

Original Recipe

The small pears are better for preserving than large ones. Pare them, and make a syrup, with their weight of sugar, and a little water--leave the stem on, and stick a clove in the blossom end of each; stew them till perfectly transparent.

Ingredients

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  • by weight small pears
  • equal weight to pears sugar
  • water

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Instructions

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    The small pears are better for preserving than large ones.

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    Pare them, and make a syrup, with their weight of sugar, and a little water--leave the stem on, and stick a clove in the blossom end of each; stew them till perfectly transparent.

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Recipe by Mary Randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)