Pears need using up...any suggestions??

[northepaul]

Hi there
I have half a dozen very ripe pears, (NB I dont like eating them like that, and yes I have made HFW's cake ) any inspiration or a recipe would be most appreciated

Thanks guys

[Two_Sheds]

Pears in red wine?
Just peel them, and simmer, in er, red wine. With a bit of brown sugar. Yummy

[Rhona]

You could try what I did - get up on Saturday morning with loads of good intentions to deal with several buckets of windfall pears, and keep getting distracted until Monday, when you find the whole lot eaten by something/rotting in the bottom.

That used them up pretty quickly.

[Rhona]

Otherwise, there's a recipe for pear honey on this forum somewhere which is fab and would suit your ripe ones a treat.

[Scottishnewbie]

pear honey..though not sure how much you'd get with a smallish quantity of pears

[Jeanied]

I'm not sure there is anything you can do with over-ripe pears except make some wine with them- sorry Northepaul!

[sewer rat]

Make Pear Honey - I used every pear I could get this year to make it - dead simple and totally delish

Remove blossom end from fruit and quarter - no need to peel etc. Place in a pan and just cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer til fruit is disintegrated (you can speed this up by using a potato masher )
Drain through a jelly bag overnight.
For every pint of juice, add 3/4 lb granulated sugar. Bring sugar and juice mix to the boil then simmer until you have a syrup the consistency of runny honey. Pot into sterilised jars.

[danmon_81]

theres a recipe for preserved pears in the river cottage jam book....nice with cheese....i'll have a look when i get home!!! (not sure if its the pear honey)

[Nicos]

Peel and core- microwave and serve with a big blob of ice cream- sprinkled with cinnamon and grated chocolate. Simples

If you put enough topping on, would you be able to eat them like that??

Or...mix with apple and some red fruit ( ? from freezer) and make a crumble

Pears and chocolate ( ?sauce?) always go well together!!!

[northepaul]

Thanks all!

I love the sound of pear honey, only i dont have a jam strainer

Jam equipment is on my christmas list though

[Ken the Chef]

Go to "River Cottage" and have a look at Hugh's Pear Cake. I can recommend it.

[Nicos]

OK- so what did you finally do with them???

[northepaul]

OK- so what did you finally do with them???

I made another of HFW's almond and pear cakes, as at least I know everyone will eat it.

I will try some pear honey one day, it sounds lovely