Pear fruit is grown and eaten all around the world such as apple. It grows on the trees and harvested in late summer into October. Peartree is medium-sized and furthermore, its wood is preferably used in making high-quality woodwind instruments and furniture just as other wood. Moreover, it has more than 3000 varieties worldwide. Pears differ not only in shape, size, also in color. Moreover, it is used in many pear recipes. However, the fruit can be consumed fresh, canned, like pear juice, pear jam, pear salad, pear sauce, pear cake, pear butter, and pear desserts also.
Benefits of Pear
Undoubtedly, the benefits of pear fruit are equal to apple. Firstly, it is a powerhouse fruit, packing fiber, vitamins, and beneficial plant compounds altogether. Secondly, it helps in fight inflammation, promotes heart health, reduces gut pain, helps in weight loss, and protects against certain diseases. Therefore, all the pear recipes in this article will be beneficial for you and your family too.
Pear recipes: delicious butter pear
Undoubtedly, pear butter tastes so good when it has the aroma of orange and nutmeg altogether. It tastes so good on toast, on cakes, and in fact on chicken because of its flour. Indeed you may have tried different pear recipes but it is a favorite among children comparatively.
Ingredients
- 500 gm. medium-sized pears
- ½ cup water
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon grated orange zest
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ cup orange juice
Method of preparing pear butter
Firstly, cut pears in half. Secondly, take a large cooking pot and put it on medium flame. Put all pear slices in it and sugar too. Add almost ½ cup of water such as to cover the bottom of the pot. In most cases, pears get soft almost in 30 minutes. However, it may take a bit more time.
Press pears through a sieve/food mill therefore it will be smooth. The leftover pulp should measure 2 quarts of pulp on the whole. Subsequently, take a large saucepan put all pulp and sugar into it. Overall, left ¼ th inch of the headspace of the pan. Add orange zest, nutmeg, salt, along with orange juice. Cook over medium heat and keep stirring in order to prevent scorching on the bottom. After an hour the mixture will be thick enough to mound in the spoon. Ladle the peanut butter into the jar. Remove air bubbles in the jar and seal the jar. Make sure not to use a wet spoon to take the pear butter.
Pear recipes: low calory juice
Pear is a super delicious and juicy fruit. Homemade pear juice is refreshing and delicious as compared to bottled juice because it has no preservatives. Furthermore, pear juice is best to beat sunstroke dehydration, controlling cholesterol levels, ulcers, acidity, and constipation due to vitamins C. Asian pears are best in making juice because they are juicy and less pulpy. Pears are already sweet and pear juice does not need extra sweetener. Pear can be paired with any fruit being mild and not dominating in flavor. If you any never tried pear recipes you will be in love with pear after trying this.
Ingredients
- 4 large pears
- 2 oranges
- 1 lemon
- 1 pinch Himalayan salt
- 1-inch ginger (chopped)
- Few leaves of mint
- 1 pinch black pepper powder
- 1 pinch white pepper powder
- Ice cubes
Method of preparing pear juice
Wash pears thoroughly to clean the dust and chemicals from their surface. Peel of oranges. Add them to a juicer and make juice. Put the juices of pear and orange in a blender jar. Then add salt, ginger, black pepper, white pepper, lemon juice, ginger, mint leaves, and ice cubes also. Blend all ingredients altogether. Serve the fresh juice.
Pear recipes: pear jam
Pear fruit jam is used in sweet and savory combinations. Moreover, it can be spread on butter toast, muffins, or whole wheat crackers. This jam can be used on chicken and as a filling for cakes and cupcakes also. This pear recipe will make your breakfast more enjoyable.
Ingredients
- Peeled sliced pears
- Sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Image by freepik.com
Method of preparing pear jam
Take a large saucepan and add all ingredients into it. Bring them to simmer over medium heat. Press the lump of pear gradually and let them simmer on low heat. Keep the pan uncovered. Keep stirring the jam to avoid scorching at the bottom. It will take 90 minutes to cook. Turn off heat when the jam is thickened, completely smooth without any lump. Let it cool for 6 hours. Do not cover the jam until it gets completely cool especially when it is hot. Later on, put the pear jam in an airtight jar.
Pear recipes: healthy salad
I have tried many pear recipes but the pear salad is always the best part of a healthy diet in contrast to others. in fact, a combination of pear with other fruits is always awesome. Undoubtedly, pear salad is one of the favorites among salad lovers.
Ingredients
- 2 pears
- 1 apple
- 1banana
- 4-6 dates
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ can of berries
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Method of preparing pear salad
Whisk honey lemon juice and cinnamon in a bowl to make a pear fruit salad. Do not peel off apples and pears. Cut them into cubes. Slice banana, dates, and berries. Add fruit into the bowl and mix well with the rest of the ingredients. Add olive oil. Moreover, you can keep it in the fridge to be cold.Serve the best pear salad.
Pear recipes: baked pear
Indeed baked pear fruits are always good in taste. Baked pear is always different from a raw pear comparatively. Baked pear is just as delicious as raw pear.
Ingredients
To bake the tasty pear only four ingredients are required
- Fresh pear
- Melted unsalted butter
- Vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
Method of preparing a baked pear
First of all, peel of the pears. Half and core them with the help of a knife subsequently. Mix melted butter, cinnamon, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Brush the mixture over pears. Grease the pan with butter. Bake pears for 30 minutes on both sides at 350 oF in preheated oven. Moreover, you can eat them with fresh cream.
Pear recipes: pear ginger sauce
Ingredients
- 5 large peers
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Method of preparing pear sauce
First of all, combine pear, water, ground ginger in a pan, and boil it on high flame. Then reduce heat to low and let it cook until it simmers and softens. Stir the ingredients occasionally. Pears will be softening in 25-30 minutes. Add lemon juice, salt, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and apple cider vinegar. If anyone wants chunky pear sauce then use a potato blender and if someone likes smooth sauce then use an immersion blender. If you have an immersion blender you can mix it in the food processor but make sure that the sauce is completely cool. Keep the sauce in an airtight jar. Serve sauce with baked chicken.
Pear recipes: tea time cake
Delicious pear cake is lovely when it is served with cream.
Ingredients
- 400 gm of self-raising floor
- 300gm of icing sugar
- 400 gm unsalted butter
- 6 eggs
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 4table spoon full-fat milk
- 4 pears
- 4 tablespoon roasted almond
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar for dusting
- Butter paper
Method of preparing pear cake
First of all, preheat the oven at 180C/ 160C for 45 minutes. Take a large bowl and put flour, sugar, and butter into it. Beat eggs with a hand or electric beater in a separate bowl until it becomes foamy. Overall its size increases up to 4 times. Then gradually mix the flour mixture and eggs together with the help of a spatula. Add baking powder and mix until it becomes smooth and creamy. Line cake pan with butter paper especially. And put all material on it. Spread it evenly. Arrange pear slices along with almond on it. Sprinkle icing sugar. Put the mixture in the oven for 60 minutes. It will be golden brown from the top. Insert a skewer in it. If it comes out clean then no more cooking is required. Leave to cool it for 30 minutes. Cut into slices and serve with cream.
Pear recipes: dessert
There are many desserts made by different pear recipes but this is the simplest and tempting to all age groups.
Ingredients
- 12 small firm pears
- 300 gm. golden castor sugar
- 2 sticks of cinnamon
- 2-star anise
- 250 gm. dates
- 1 lemon zest
- 500ml water
- 250 ml unsweetened almond milk
- 250 ml vegetable oil
- 150 gm. Sugar
- 200 gm. Self-raising flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
Method of preparing pear desert
First of all, wash pears with tap water. Peel and make their bottom flat subsequently. Finally, cut them in height, cut the pipes from the base with a melon knife. Roughly chop the pear scraps also. Take water in a pan, add sugar, star zest, cloves, star anise, cinnamon too. Particularly, the pan should be large enough to fit all pears. Boil water and simmer until sugar has dissolved. At this time add pears and cover the pan with a lid for 15 minutes until a knife easily slides into a pear. Finally, turn off the stove and leave to cool in the liquid.
The second step is to make the sponge. In a pan boil dates along with almond milk. Cook until dates are soft. It will take 5 minutes. Put it in the food processor and blend along with oil. At this time boil it again. Set it aside and let it cool. Preheat oven to 180C/ 160C before. Grease the pan with butter.
Firstly, mix the dry ingredient in a bowl in order to remove all lumps. Add dates mixture and mix well in order to make it smooth. Spread mixture in pan overall. Fit the pears in it such as standing straight up, bake for 40 minutes just as a cake is baked. Insert a skewer in order to check the cake. When it is baked let it cool in order to pour syrup on it. Boil the sugary syrup of pear again and pour on the cake equally.
Featured image source:pexels
