Spirited Fruit

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 8 1/2 cups peeled, cored and halved pears
• 7 teaspoons rum or 7 teaspoons brandy
• 10 1/2 teaspoons kahlua or 10 1/2 teaspoons cognac or 10 1/2 teaspoons creme de menthe

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar and water in a large stainless or enamel pot.
• 2 bring to a boil.
• 3 add fruit and return to a boil, boil for 5 minutes.
• 4 pack hot fruit in hot jars.
• 5 add 1 tablespoon of the rum or brandy and 1 1/2 tsp of kahlua, cognac or creme de menthe to each jar.
• 6 add the hot syrup leaving 1/4 inch head space.
• 7 seal and process 20 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.