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Stewed Pears......recipes?

steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
edited September 2020 in The potting shed
I've just been out picking me pairs - never pick your pairs or else they'll never get better - and I was going to simply stew them with some honey and mixed spice (as used in bread pudding). I just read about stewing them in apple juice, without then adding any sweetener.
Any bright ideas here?

Edited: Just may add some 'open' Cointreau / Grand Marnier - there must be some in the cupboard gathering dust.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Vanilla goes well with pears. 

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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Cored and poached in spiced red wine? 
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  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    edited September 2020
    Taken that on board....

    I would have done, but there were vastly tooo many so I wanted someway of being able to stew them down and freeze. In the past I would have chucked some of them in a rumtopf.



    Stewing them as I type with a liberal mix of mixed spice, honey, Cointreau and vanilla. I added and tasted, so quite well balanced (get me). Note actually sure I'll be able to taste the pears, but should go well with some custard or ice cream..... I did as the base instruction said for stewing and had water covering them  - but had vastly to much liquor after they started cooking down, so taken some off to put in the fridge to drink. Waste not want not.

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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Fair enough, sometimes it can be overwhelming with fruit trees...I've been dealing with the glut of cooking apples, thankfully my neighbours and colleagues helped out! 
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