Name: Cranberry-Pear Fruit Jellies
Cook time: 1 hr
Total time: 4 1/4 hr
Yield: Makes 64 candies
Ingredients: 3 firm-ripe Comice or Bartlett pears (1 1/2 lb total); 1 (12-oz) bag fresh or frozen cranberries; 1 cup water; 3 3/4 cups sugar; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick; 2 (3-oz) packages Certo liquid pectin (not powdered); an 8-inch square baking pan

Cubes of brightred fruit jellies coated in sanding sugar and piled on a mirrored platter.

Photo by Sang An

Jellied candies like these are eaten all over Europe as post-dessert petits fours.

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