The orange jam is cooked for a total of 41 hours. The pure cooking time for the jam is 50 minutes, 5 minutes each with chilling breaks.
How to make pear and orange jam
Products
Pears – 700 grams
Orange – 1 piece
Sugar – 1 kilogram
Water – 170 milliliters
Salt – half a teaspoon
How to make pear and orange jam
1. Wash 1 kilogram of ripe hard pears (preferably autumn ones) and 1 orange.
2. Cut each fruit in two and cut out the seeds, inflorescence and peduncle.
3. Cut a half of the pear into 0,5 centimeter thick slices.
4. Place the pear slices in a saucepan, cover with salted water and leave for 7 minutes, then drain the water.
5. Pour 170 milliliters of water into a separate saucepan and set on high heat.
6. After that, reduce the heat to a minimum and in portions, 150 grams each, add sugar to the water, stirring constantly. Cook for 5 minutes.
7. Put the pears in the syrup, let it boil and cook for 7 minutes.
8. After 7 minutes, remove the jam from the heat, cover with a towel and leave to infuse for 8 hours.
9. After 8 hours, put the jam on gas and boil again for 7 minutes.
10. Remove from heat and leave for 8 hours.
11. Repeat the procedure 3 more times.
12. For the last time, add half an orange cut into thin slices to the jam.
13. Cook the jam over low heat for 25 minutes.
14. Check the readiness of the jam by dropping a drop of the jam into a glass of water. In the case when the drop remains intact and falls to the bottom, the jam is ready and can be poured into the jars. Roll up the jars with ready-made pear and orange jam and store.