- Rind and juice of 2 lemons
- 3 cups [750 mL] cored and peeled pear dices
- 1 cup [250 mL] maple syrup
or
3/4 cup [190 mL] grated maple sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] nutmeg
- 1 split vanilla bean
- Water
- Still hot sterilized jars [optional]
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- Transfer lemon rind into a medium casserole; cover rind with water.
- Bring to a boil then strain lemon rind throwing away cooking water; repeat twice.
- Into the same casserole, add lemon juice to lemon rind along with pear dices, maple syrup or grated maple sugar, nutmeg and split vanilla bean.
- Mix, bring to a boil then cook mixture over medium heat for approximately 20 minutes, until thickened.
- Scum using a spoon whenever necessary.
- Pour boiling mixtrue into hot sterilized jars and seal jars, or keep mixture refrigerated if using soon.
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