Pears...yuck!

jessradtke

I love just about every fruit on the planet except for pears. Nobody in my family likes them either. BUT we're getting pears in our food co-op share every week, so I need to find some way to use them. I've tried to hide them in my smoothies, but the grainy texture turns me off. I don't get enough at one time to make pear butter. Does anyone have any good recipes to help me eat these nasty things? lol

Runnermadre

I don't have a recipe for it personally, but I've heard you can bake pears sort of like baked apples. :-)

JCPruitt

another idea is to freeze the pears until you have enough to make pear butter.

tamarab3

You can also make an apple(pear)sauce with them. Peel and core them, then cook in a sauce pan with 1-2 tbsp of water for about 10 minutes. Put in the blender/food processor and add cinamon. Blend until applesauce consistancy.

sgarret823

Try when they aren't quite so ripe. I make a 'pudding' from plain greek yogurt, vanilla protein powder, a dash of vanilla, a drop or two of lemon juice and dice a pear into it. I make this with apple or pear alternately at least once a week for my morning snack.

If they are crisper you can use in place of apple in almost anything.

Also - how about drying them? Dehydrated would reduce/remove the texture issue.

patiencez2

you can cook them in a sauce pan, add cinnamon a little promise lite.
Realy not bad.