Pear jam – recipe without pectin

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Fruity, aromatic and sweet is this jam with pears. It contains whole pieces of fruit and is made without pectin. However, you can also modify the recipe in terms of gelling agent, spices and cooking time. The jam is ideal on bread for breakfast or to refine desserts. A detailed pear jam recipe with the exact quantities and step-by-step instructions can be found below.

Pear jam with preserving sugar or pectin

I made the pear jam without pectin, just like my apple jam and quince jam. However, this means it takes a longer time to cook down.

If you want it to go faster, you can rely on the preserving sugar or a gelling agent, like apple pectin, as in the rhubarb jam recipe.

Pear jam with preserving sugar

If you want to make your own pear jam with preserving sugar, replace the regular sugar in the recipe below with the same amount of preserving sugar 2:1. Slowly heat the mixture of pear cubes, lemon juice and preserving sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Then boil the mixture for about 5 minutes until the fruit pieces are soft.

Pear jam with apple pectin

Just like the raspberry jam or the apricot jam, you can also prepare the pear jam with the vegetable gelling agent apple pectin and ordinary sugar. You will need about 480 g sugar and 20 g apple pectin for my recipe. First you mix the pectin with the sugar and add it to the pears with lemon juice in the saucepan. After that, the procedure is the same as with the preserving sugar: heat slowly and then boil bubbling for about 5 minutes.

Make fine pear jam

If you like your pear jam without fruit pieces, but fine, you can still make it with this recipe. First boil the fruit mass until soft, then take it off the stove and carefully puree it with a hand blender. Then bring the jam to the boil again and simmer until the desired consistency.

What kind of fruit do I use?

If you want the pear jam to have pieces of fruit, like I did, a crisp pear variety that doesn’t cook up quickly is best for the recipe. Also, make sure the pears are not overripe.

If you are making the jam with preserving sugar or a gelling agent, use pears that soften quickly when cooked. This way you only have to cook the fruit for a short time.

It is important that you use aromatic and tasty pears. Because the taste of the jam depends on it.

Refine with vanilla or cinnamon

You can refine the pear jam with vanilla and cinnamon, just like the quince and apple jam or the cherry plum jam. Add some vanilla sugar or ground vanilla bean and about a teaspoon of cinnamon powder when cooking. Or add a vanilla and cinnamon stick and remove them after cooking.

This jam with pears is

• fruity,
• sweet,
• aromatic,
• fall,
• vegan,
• very tasty,
• with whole fruit pieces, just like my strawberry jam and sour cherry jam,
• without additional gelling agent,
• easy to make,
• ideal on bread or as a topping on desserts.

Pear jam recipe with three ingredients

The pear jam recipe you’ll find in the recipe box here at the end of the post is pretty simple. You’ll only need three ingredients to make it.

Step 1:

First, peel and core the pears. Then cut them into pieces and put them in a saucepan. Add sugar and lemon juice to the fruit.

Step 2:

Now put the fruit mixture on the stove and heat it slowly until the sugar dissolves. Then bring it to a boil and simmer for about 50 minutes until the desired consistency.

Step 3:

Now fill the pear jam into sterilized preserving jars, seal them and let them cool.

How to make pear jam: tips and tricks

• Use aromatic, flavorful and crisp pears for the recipe.
• To shorten the preserving time, you can make the jam with either preserving sugar 2:1 or apple pectin. Read more about this here at the top of the post.
• You can also puree the jam. Boil it up again afterwards.
• You can use vanilla and cinnamon to enhance the jam.

Did you make the pear jam using this recipe? I’m looking forward to your result, your star rating and your comment here below, how it turned out and tasted.

Also try these jam recipes:

• Strawberry rhubarb jam recipe – aromatic fruity
• Blackcurrant jam recipe – how to make without preserving sugar
• Blackberry jam recipe – how to make with pectin

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