Re: [CH] Need a Pear Recipe

David Cook (zeb@austin.rr.com)
Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:56:48 -0500

Tom,

Try pear butter. It's pretty simple.

Peel and core your pears and cook them until they are soft and then puree
smooth with a little water, lemon juice and however much sugar you like, if
any. (I usually use a steamer/juicer and then run them through a food mill.)
Season with a little cardamon and vanilla. Cook them on very low heat some
more until they get a nice thick consistency, where a wooden spoon stands
upright in the pot. Make sure you don't scorch the pot. Spoon into clean
jars and process in a hot water bath for 20 minutes.

Great on toast in the morning.

David "Zeb" Cook


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Greaves" <tomg@airmail.net>
To: "CH List" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: [CH] Need a Pear Recipe


> I need a recipe that uses a lot of pears.  I've got a BIG
> pear tree that usually does not produce much here in TX but
> now has several thousand big pears on it (I just put in a
> deep well this spring).  Now I need to find some uses for
> them.
>
> BTW, I retired March 15 and have been off list until now
> whilst doing world traveling.  But as  a seven year member
> of CHlist, I'm back and rarin to roar.
>
> Rael and Doug, youse guys still here?
>
> Tom in Dallas, really enjoying life!!!