The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Pear recipes needed!          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Recipes Author Message Fenn Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 2292 Location: Shrewsbury Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:18 pm    Post subject: Pear recipes needed! Lovely Henwife brought me a tray of pears from her orchard last time she visited I've got a couple of dozen left and they're ripening rapidly, any suggestions? Back to top mojo Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 10900 Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:42 am    Post subject: use them just like apples.or make a pear pulp and serve with good vanilla icecream.....heaven.OR...make a pear flavour liqueur.............wash/slice /put in wide neck glass container /fill with cheap vodka/cover with a brown bag/to exvclude light/once a week agitate/after one month strain and enjoy Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1443 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:23 pm    Post subject: Can't better that list I would peel, quarter & poach in a spicy sugar syrup and then probably bottle them (in decent sized jam jars) - put them & juice in jars boiling hot, wipe rims & put the lid on, modern jam jar lids will reseal - they will "pop" as the liquid cools and contracts and forms a vacuum. The alcohol ones sound good, but I don't drink Itsybitsy Back to top Fenn Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 2292 Location: Shrewsbury Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:34 pm    Post subject: The alcohol one sounds fab, but I got drunk on pear flavoured Thunderbird years ago and it put me right off I'll puree half and poach the rest - thanks both Back to top rubychik Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 1380 Location: MID WALES/SHROPS BORDER Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:21 pm    Post subject: i have an orchards worth of apples if you would like some Fenn! Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1443 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:15 pm    Post subject: Mmmm - I'd love some,(I know my name's not Fenn) do you know what varieties they are & have you any Perry Pears? Itsybitsy Back to top rubychik Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 1380 Location: MID WALES/SHROPS BORDER Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:13 am    Post subject: Itsybitsy wrote: Mmmm - I'd love some,(I know my name's not Fenn) do you know what varieties they are & have you any Perry Pears? Itsybitsy lol, I don't know what varieties they are but I have one full tree not picked yet, so if anyone wanted to come and help themselves (and don't have vertigo) please let me know, it would be a shame for them to go to waste. the pears haven't done so well or maybe the previous owner harvested them all before he moved out! Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 16093 Location: Hampshire Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:16 am    Post subject: Shame, you're too far away really. Back to top Fenn Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 2292 Location: Shrewsbury Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:20 pm    Post subject: Aaw, I'd love to, but I don't drive!!! I wonder what Pads is doing over the half term hols... Back to top Lisa Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 3237 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:11 pm    Post subject: (hmmm.... Mum has a big conference pear tree.... ) Mojo - do I need to peel them for the pear liquer? And do I add any sugar? Just asking as I did add sugar with the sloe gin, but I guess pears are so much sweeter its probably not needed, unless I want it really sweet and syrupy... Back to top mojo Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 10900 Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:42 pm    Post subject: wash and dry ,cut into quarters remove pips and add vodka...dont sweeten till strained......then to taste ( use sugar syrup 4 ozs warmish water with as much sugar as will dissolve in it)but it is usual for a liquer to be sweeter than wine................then serve a shot in a glass filled with chilled white wine............for those with a low alcholic intrest......use iced water Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Recipes All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group