Blackberry Pear Applesauce

Summary

Yield
Servings
Prep time45 minutes
RecipesLocalvore

Description

A recipe from our Localvore blogger Cheryl Herrick.

Ingredients

9Poundapples (mixed varieties: she used ginger gold and paula red), peeled, cored, and sliced
2Poundripe pears, cored and sliced
1Poundfresh blackberries
1⁄4Cuplemon juice
 Cupsugar (optional)

Instructions

Combine all fruits with lemon juice in a large pot, and cook over low-medium heat until bubbling and fruit starts to break down. Stir frequently. If desired, add sugar, bit by bit, tasting as you go until it's right. Keep cooking until as thick as you like. You can mash with a potato masher to get out lumps, or else put through a food mill to get really smooth texture. Cool and either put into clean canning jars or else into containers for freezing.