All Entries Tagged With: "Pear"
Orange Poached Pears
For dessert, Minoo prepared Orange Poached Pears. This dessert is best served chilled. You may served the Orange Poached Pears with some vanilla ice-cream, leave out the syrups. The pears can be cut into smaller pieces and serve with your favourite yogurt along with some granolas for breakfast.
This Orange Poached Pears recipe serves 6.
Ingredients
- 2 cups orange juice
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- zest of 1 orange, cut in strips
- 3 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 6 ripe but firm pears, peeled, cored, and quartered lengthwise
Three-Ginger Pear Chutney
This is the second canning workshop organised by Richmond Food Secure. Originally, Karen wanted to do a peach chutney. But, since the Richmond Food Tree Sharing Project collected a lot of pears that week, Karen made a change of recipe to Pear Chutney instead. Karen is very versatile and she often has to decide on what to cook in the Gilmore Park Community Meal at the very last minute depending on what she gets from the food bank, Richmond Food Tree Sharing Project and other donors.
Chutney is a relish made by combining fruits and spices, originally accompanying Indian (south Asian) meals. The Hindi word chatni means ‘to taste’.
Some chutneys use fresh ingredients and are served immediately, while others are cooked, then processed to preserve the fruits for later use. Chutney can be sweet or sour, spicy or not; or combinations of these. Like any relish, the texture can vary from smooth to chunky, depending on the creator. Typical ingredients can include combinations of mango, apple, pears, peaches, plums, herbs, citrus fruits, tomato, raisins, coconut, vinegar(s), honey, sugar, garlic, ginger, cinnamon and chilies. But generally, a chutney makes use of the ingredients which are typically at hand.
For today’s recipe, we got to sample it. Karen brought a jar of her Peach Chutney made last year for us to sample. Chutney can be served beside cheeses and cold meats, or with hot meals. Ginger/pear combinations are particularly delicious with pork or chicken.
The chutney pairs well with the tangy and creamy goat cheese. This is a great appetizer for entertaining.
Ingredients
- 6 cups peeled, cored and diced/sliced fresh pears (about 6-9 medium, or 1.1 kg), preferably half ripe and half not so ripe
- 1 cup tart apple, peeled, cored and diced (about 1 large)
- 1 cup chopped onion (about 1 medium)
- 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger
- 1/2 cup seedless raisins (50-60gm)
- 1 1/4 cups apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup golden brown sugar (160-175gm)
- 1 to 2 whole garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger, peeled (or 1 teaspoon ground dried ginger)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground dried ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
This recipe makes 3 to 4, 250 ml jars.
Honey Pear Parfaits
Joyce and Joan worked on a brunch item which can be served as dessert too. It is Honey Pear Parfaits. These are made with fresh pear, honey, yogurt and top with some homemade Fruity Maple Pecan Granola.
You can make the pear compote in advance and keep in the refrigerator until it’s ready to be served. All you need to do is do is to whipped up some honey yogurt and topped with some granola. Serve this in a glass for better presentation.
I love this brunch item the most. But some of the seniors remarked that it’s a bit too sweet. I guess it depends on the sweetness of the pear which you get. You may cut back on the apricot preserves or honey if you dont have sweet tooth like me.
Ingredients
Pear Sauce:
- 4 pears
- 1/3 cup apricot preserves
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
Topping:
- 450g plain yogurt (about 2 cups or 16oz)
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 cup granola
Pear Cobbler
At the Caring Place Community Kitchen, Minoo shared a Pear Cobbler recipe. She was away at Sunshine Coast for the weekend and she picked some pears from her girl friend’s neighbour’s pear tree. You may replace the pear with apple.
The Pear Cobbler is best served warm with ice-cream. I love the cinnamon in it.
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 stick butter (1/4 cup)
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup honey or Maple syrup
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Filing:
- 8 large pears, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup honey or Maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder
- 1/4 teaspoon mace (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon grated orange or lemon rind
Click on the link below for the instructions.
