Yesterday our neighbors brought us pears again so I’ve decided to make a pear and chocolate jam.

Here is the recipe:
1 – 1,5 kilos (35 ,2 oz – 52 ,8 oz) of summer pears
1 lemon
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 tablespoon of cacao
0,5 kilos ( 17,6 oz) of sugar
1 little bag of vanilla sugar (10gr)
one bag of dry pectin ( on them says for how much fruit is one bag, here one bag is for 1,5 kilos of fruit)

Wash the pears and leave them in water for few minutes

Cut them into small pieces removing all seeds and brownish parts( they will spoil the jam). Add a few spoons of sugar to the bowl and cook them till they get tender.

Add lemon and dry pectin with the rest of the sugar ( that is the usual way to use pectin, but just in case check on the box how to use it)
Split pears into 2 equal parts and cook every part on low heat.
In one bowl add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and mix it with a mixer to make the pieces smaller. If you like jam with big pieces just stir the cinnamon and cook in for 5 minutes.

In another bowl add 1 tablespoon of cacao and vanilla sugar, mix it and cook for 5 minutes.

While your jam is cooking wash jars and sterilize them ( 30 minutes on 100°C or 212F)

Fill the hot jars with hot jam. I did it this way. One spoon of pear jam and one spoon of chocolate jam.Close the jars and leave them to cool down. This jam goes great with bread and crepes( thin pancakes) but I’m sure it would go with other food and desserts.