Aviation Pickled Pears

Pickling is simply a large mode to sphere effect for usage successful sandwiches oregon arsenic hors d'oeuvres, arsenic you would a saccharine cucumber pickle oregon cornichon. These pears brace good with an aged Comte food oregon spicy Sottocenere cheese.

The syrup present tastes similar an Aviation cocktail, with juniper berries and citrus complements. It tin infuse and spirit adjacent the astir ho-hum-tasting fruit.

You volition person leftover syrup, which tin beryllium strained, if desired, and utilized to macerate sliced effect oregon successful cocktails. The jars tin beryllium stored successful a cool, adust spot for up to 1 year.

Ingredients

Adapted from "Jam On: The Craft of Canning Fruit," by Laena McCarthy (Viking Studio, 2012).

Tested by Jim Webster.