After a bumper harvest from our pear tree, we decided to make some Home Made Pear Jam from a few of the pears. First time making jam, first time using our own Pears!

I found a home made pear jam recipie online –

• 4 cups mashed pears
• 7. 5 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1tsp ground cinnamon
• 1tsp ground cumin
• 1tsp allspice

the recipie said to mash the pears – the masher was never going to work (the pears had been ripening for 2 weeks, but could have done with another) so we used the hand blender to pulp them instead.