Pickled Pears

Methods

• Trim the two ends of the pears, core them and cut each pear into 4 equal pieces.
• Heat a deep non-stick pan, add castor sugar, cloves, black peppercorns, ginger, cinnamon, lemon zest, lemon juice and vinegar and mix well.
• Add pear pieces and cook till they soften.
• Drain the pears and put into a bowl and continue to cook the liquid in the pan to make a concentrated syrup.
• Place the pears in a pickle jar and pour the syrup over them. Pickled pears are ready to be served whenever needed.