Blackberry Pear Jam

I enjoyed the flavor combination of the blackberry pear crisp I made recently that I decided to use them together again to make some freezer jam.  It really makes a deep, rich color.  The scent is still lingering throughout the house....

Blackberry Pear Jam

3 pears, pared and sliced
3 cups blackberries
1 cup water
3 cups sugar
1 box Sure-Jell

In a medium saucepan, cook the pears and blackberries together until softened.  Let cool.  In another saucepan, add sugar, Sure-Jell and water together and stir until it comes to a boil.  Remove from heat and place a food mill over the sugar mixture.  Pour in pear and blackberry mixture and turn (backing up to scrap the bottom often) until the strained berries and pears are in the sugar mixture, leaving the seeds in the mill.  Stir and pour into freezer containers.