Recipes and Cooking Brandied Honey-and-Spice Pears Be the first to rate & review! A little sweet and a little spicy, these pears make a perfect side dish for almost any meal. Luckily, once you can them, they'll keep for up to a year! By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on July 26, 2018 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Process Time: 20 mins Total Time: 1 hrs Yield: 6 pints Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 6 pound firm ripe pears (about 15 pears) Ascorbic acid color keeper 4 cup cranberry juice, apple juice, or apple cider 1 ½ cup honey ½ cup lemon juice 3 tablespoon finely chopped crystallized ginger 8 inch stick cinnamon, broken into 2-inch pieces ½ teaspoon whole cloves ¼ cup brandy Directions Peel, halve, and core pears. To prevent discoloration, place pear halves in ascorbic acid color-keeper solution as soon as they are peeled and cut. Set aside. For syrup, in a 6- to 8-quart heavy pot combine cranberry juice, honey, lemon juice, crystallized ginger, stick cinnamon, and whole cloves. Bring to boiling, stirring constantly; reduce heat. Drain pear halves; add to syrup in pot. Stir in brandy. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until pears are almost tender, stirring occasionally. Using a slotted spoon, pack hot pear halves into hot clean pint canning jars, leaving a 1/2-inch headspace. Ladle hot syrup over pears, maintaining the 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims; adjust lids and screw bands. Process filled jars in a boiling-water canner for 20 minutes (start timing when water returns to boiling). Remove jars from canner; cool on wire racks. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 262 Calories 67g Carbs 1g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Calories 262 % Daily Value * Sodium 5mg 0% Total Carbohydrate 67g 24% Total Sugars 55g Protein 1g Vitamin C 39.6mg 198% Calcium 20.2mg 2% Iron 0.5mg 3% Potassium 253mg 5% Folate, total 16.1mcg Vitamin B-6 0.1mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.