Description
A cozy Honey Pear Jam made with ripe pears, honey, vanilla bean, cinnamon, lemon juice, and Pomona’s Universal Pectin for a lower-sugar water bath canning recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups ripe pears, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
- 1/4 cup bottled lemon juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 teaspoons calcium water, prepared from the Pomona’s Universal Pectin box
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3 teaspoons Pomona’s Universal Pectin
Instructions
- Prepare calcium water according to the Pomona’s Universal Pectin package directions.
- Wash jars, lids, and bands, then keep jars hot in a water bath canner.
- Add chopped pears, bottled lemon juice, cinnamon stick, vanilla bean seeds, vanilla pod, water, and calcium water to a wide saucepan.
- Stir Pomona’s pectin into the honey in a separate bowl until smooth.
- Bring the pear mixture to a full boil over medium-high heat, stirring often.
- Mash the pears lightly if a smoother jam texture is desired.
- Remove the cinnamon stick and vanilla pod.
- Add the honey-pectin mixture and stir constantly for 1 to 2 minutes while keeping the jam at a strong boil.
- Ladle hot jam into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
- Wipe jar rims, apply lids and bands, and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
- Turn off heat, let jars rest in the canner for 5 minutes, then transfer jars to a towel-lined counter.
- Cool jars for 12 to 24 hours, check seals, label, and store sealed jars in a cool, dark place.
Notes
- Use Pomona’s Universal Pectin only; do not swap pectins.
- Use bottled lemon juice for steady acidity in canning.
- Choose ripe pears that give slightly when pressed.
- Refrigerate any jar that does not seal properly.
- Opened jars should be refrigerated and used within about 3 weeks.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Preserves
- Method: Water Bath Canning
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
- Calories: 35
- Sugar: 8
- Sodium: 0
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 9
- Fiber: 0.4
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 0