Pear Jam - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 -9 pears, cored and chopped (peeling is optional)
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 (1 3/4 ounce) box pectin, Sure-Jell no-sugar, powdered
1/2 teaspoon cardamom, ground
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
1 tablespoon ginger, fresh grated
3 cups sugar

Preparation

Place 5-1/2 to 6 cups chopped pears and the lemon juice in a heavy pot.
Mash pears with a potato masher to desired chunkiness. If you like it fine you can coarsely grind it. But a food processor will make it too pureed for this recipe.
Stir-in the powdered pectin, spices and ginger.
Bring to a boil and boil hard for one minute.
Add the sugar.
Bring back to a boil and boil hard for 4-minutes stirring frequently.
Ladle into sterile jars, seal and process for 10 minutes.
Yield 7 half pints.