Paradise Pear Jam - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 orange
1 lemon
2 lbs ripe pears (about 6 large)
1/4 cup chopped maraschino cherry
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
1 package powdered fruit pectin
5 cups sugar

Preparation

Remove rinds from orange and lemon in quarters; discard about half the white part of rinds.
(scrape off with a spoon) Slice rinds thinly.
Chop orange and lemon, and discard seeds.
Peel, core and grind pears.
Combine all the fruits, including cherries and pineapple and its juice.
Measure 4 1/2 cups of fruit into a large pan.
Stir pectin into fruit.
Place over high heat, stirring until mixture comes to a hard boil.
At once stir in sugar.
Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and skim.
Stir and skim for 5 minutes to cool slightly, and prevent floating fruit.
Ladle quickly into jars.
Seal.