Jellies/Jams Pear Jelly

pear jelly.
(from The Dictionary of Daily Wants, Etc. by Robert Kemp Philip, 1859)

Ingredients:

ripe pears​

sugar​

Instructions:

Peel and cut ripe pears into quarters, and boil them into a marmalade with water; then pass the marmalade through a sieve, so as to leave only the juice, and boil it with sugar in equal portions. When it has become sufficiently thick by boiling, put it into glasses and cover it.​

 

[donna]

Great recipe. Thanks for adding.