for 1 litre

Pears

1 litre	water
1	lemon, use only the juice
1 kg	pears (e.g. Gute Luise), halved

Syrup

1 litre	water
1	lemon, use only the juice
150 g	sugar
1	vanilla pod, cut open lengthwise

How it's done

To prepare the jars

Thoroughly wash the jars, rinse in hot water. Place the jars and lids in a pan of hot water (approx. 70 °C.

Pears

Mix the water and lemon juice in a bowl. Peel and core the pears, place immediately in the lemon water.

Syrup

Bring the water to the boil along with all the other ingredients up to and including the vanilla, add the pears, cook until just soft, fill the jars. Return the sugar syrup to the boil, pour the liquid into the jars until it covers the pears, seal the jars immediately.

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