Pear Relish

Gather

Ingredients

• 2 gallons pears
• 6 large onions
• 6 sweet green peppers
• 6 sweet red peppers
• 1 bunch celery
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tbsp allspice
• 1 tbsp canning salt
• 5 cups vinegar (5% acidity)

Preserve

Instructions

1. 01

   Wash produce. Peel and core pears; stem and seed peppers; clean celery and peel onions.

2. 02

   Run the pears and prepared vegetables through a food chopper.

3. 03

   Stir in sugar, allspice, salt, and vinegar. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

4. 04

   Bring relish to a boil and simmer 5 minutes.

5. 05

   Transfer the relish to hot pint jars. Keep ½-inch headspace, release bubbles, reset the level, clean the rims, and apply lids.

6. 06

   In a boiling-water canner, process for 20 minutes (base time).
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