PEARS EVERYWHERE
HELP!!!!!!!! I have given many bags to family. Still the tree is loaded. Thanks to all  |
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| We have a ton too. I give them to my parents and they can them and make pear perserves... |
| MMmmmm... I love pears.... the only things I can think of to use them for other than eating fresh are something like apple crisp but with pears, my kids also like them baked with a caramel sauce. |
| You can also mix them with sweet potatoes and make mashed sweet potatoes. Mmmmm good.
It's 2 pears for every 4 sweet potatoes. Peel (potatoes and pears), boil until soft, drain and blend together with mixer. You can add some brown sugar and cinnamon to taste. Usually you only need a tiny bit. |
| I've never liked the thought of mixing fruits and vegetables...lol... except of course in the case of tomatoes.... I really don't understand why they are classified as a fruit not a vegatable. LOL |
| How about Pear Butter. I've never made it myself, but I've made lots of apple butter and bet you could make it the same way. If interested I'll give you the details on apple butter made in your oven. email me. |
| Just got my Southern Living Oct. magazine in today, and it has some pear recipes in it!
Citrus-Pear Honey Makes 3 cups Prep: 15 mins cook: 15 mins Deliciously syrupy, this breakfast treat is wonderful with everything from buttered toast and buscuits to waffles and French toast. 2 Tbsp butter 6 large pears, peeled and quartered 1/2 c sugar 1/3 c honey 1 tsp grated orange rind 1/4 c orange juice Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat; stir in next 3 ingredients, and cook, stirring often, 10 to 15 mins or until pears are tendr and juices are slightly thickened and caramel colored. Remove from heat, and stir in orange rind and orange juice. Serve warm; or let cool, and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Citrus-pear honey cobbler: Double the ingredients for Citrus-Pear Honey, and prepare as directed in an ovenproof Dutch oven. Unroll 1/2 (15 oz) package refrigerated piecrusts, and place on top of hot pear mixture in Dutch oven. Bake at 425 for 15 mins or until crust is golden brown. Makes 8 servings. Prep: 25 min, Cook: 15 mins, Bake: 15 mins Field Greens with Bacon-Wrapped Pears Makes 4 servings Prep: 15 mins, Bake: 10 mins 12 ready-to-serve bacon slices 3 large pears, peeled and quartered 6 cups mixed salad greens 2/3 c pecans, toasted 2/3 c shaved Parmesan cheese Apple-Ginger Vinaigrette (recipe follows) Wrap one slice of bacon around each pear quarter, and secure with a wooden pick. Place pear quarters on a wire rack in a 15x10" jelly roll pan. Bake pears at 350 for 10 mins. Arrange salad greens on 4 serving plates, and sprinkle evenly with pecans and Parmesan cheese. Place 3 pear quarters on each salad, and serve with Apple-Ginger Vinaigrette. Apple-Ginger Vinaigrette Makes 2 cups. Prep: 10 mins 1/2 c apple jelly, melted 1/3 c cipder vinegar 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard 2 Tbsp light brown sugar 3 Tbsp chopped fresh chives 2 tsp grated fresh ginger 1/4 tsp salt 1 c vegetable oil Whisk together the first 7 ingredients; gradually whisk in oil until well blended. Raspberry-Almond Pear Tart Makes 6-8 servings Prep: 20 mins, Bake: 30 mins, Cook: 5 mins 1/2 (15 oz) package refrigerated piecrusts 1/3 c seedless raspberry jam 6 Tbsp butter, softened and divided 4 large pears, peeled and quartered 1/4 c sugar 1 large egg 1/2 c vanilla wafer crumbs 1/2 c ground toasted almonds 1/4 tsp almond extract Unroll piecrust, and fit into a 9" tart pan, trim excess. Bake at 400 for 5 mins; remove from oven, and cool completely on a wire rack. Spread raspberry jam evenly on bottom of prepared piecrust. Melt 2 Tbsp butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add pears and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and arrange pear slices over raspberry jam. Beat the remaining 4 Tbsp. butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add egg, beating until blended. Stir in vanilla wafer crumbs, almonds, and almond extract; spread evenly over pears. Bake at 400 for 20-25 mins or until browned; cool on a wire rack. |
THANK YOU! 
I copied to word and printed them out. They all sound good to me. Ones I have never heard of. again THANKS  |
| PEAR SMOOTHIES!!! Yumm... I love fruit season, smoothies galore! You can also use pears as a side while roasting poulty or pork- use them like you would carrots or other veggies, and place them in/around the meat. You can also poach pears, yummy as a desert, but I don't know the recipe off the top of my head... All I remember is that they turned purple because we poached them in red wine. Pears are also good cut into little pieces and topped with vanilla ice cream, and maybe a little caramel sauce, mmm....
Karen  |
| Why not just can them? It's easy to do and you can control the amount of sugar for the syrup. Pear chutney would be good too. |
| you can also poach them in jello for the kids, strawberry and cherry work really good |
| Last night Emeril was doing a show on Fall harvest and I know he did some stuff with pears, so you could always go to the food network website. Epicurious.com has some good recipes in general too... |
Thanks I watch him too but not last night grrrrr  |
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