Fall Food Fiesta, Pears

September 5, 2014 — Chocolate pear cake, cocktails, cooking, pear pies, pears, recipes

bartlett pears

Peak Pear season is upon us and I couldn’t be happier.  These Bartletts will be perfect to slice and bake with brie and port wine for an evening bite. We have that simple combination a few times during the season with different varieties as they ripen.   The versatility of pears makes them good from breakfast until midnight snack.

Very simple pear preparations include:

• Roasted pears
• Crock pot pear butter
• Raspberry pear jam

If you want to do some special baking pears will enhance pastries, cakes and other desserts:

• Caramelized pear upside-down cake
• Chocolate pear cake
• Stuffed and baked pear pies
• Pear custard bars

Don’t for get the cocktail hour:

• French pear martini
• Asian pear mojito
• Cranberry pear ginger fizz

Pears keep well so we will have them all winter from different parts of the country.  I hope you will enjoy the season as much as we do at our house.  What are your favorite ways to eat pears? Do you have a favorite variety?  Mine is Comice, very hard to transport, but worth the effort if you can find them.  Bon appetite!!