Dear Hubbies Ma is currently visiting both us and some of the other family, and she had brought me a new history/cookbook called Acadian Plantation Country Cookbook by Anne Butler. Its a interesting book, a couple pages on the history of each local Plantation with photos and then three to five of their most famous known recipes..

So far I have made one, sort of.. Can I ever leave a recipe alone.. most likely not, but my version turned out amazing! so we are going with the one that was made, it was inspired by a recipe from Hilary Slaughter Grand Coteau.

• 8 ripe pears-peeled an cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup of frozen orange juice consentrate (I used pulp-free)
• 3 jalapenos, sliced thin, seeds discarded
• 1/2 cup of finely diced red onion
• 2 cups of sugar
• Juice of one Lime and one lemon
• 1/2 a cup of apple Cidar vinegar
• 1 cup of water
• 1 tsp of powdered ginger
• 1 tsp of Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 1 stick of cinnamon

Cook all ingredients in a big steel pot until tender and the juice is thickened(watch this carefully once it started to boil, and stir often) Made 4 8 0z Jars, waterbathed for ten min.

It was recommended to go with all kinds of meats, but I can see all kinds of ways to use this amazing spicy flavor burst!

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