CELEBRATE THE PEAR

Simon and I are both dismayed to hear that pears have grown so "unpopular" that local growers have been ripping up their trees to try to plant something more lucrative. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-17/pears-out-of-favour-with-shoppers/102961848Why not just enlist us to plug the pear?We'd do a great job!There are so many great uses for this subtle and affordable fruit - not least of all one of the GOATS of salads! (Does not contain goat nor any other livestock.)DEAD EASY POACHED PEARS RECIPE:10 pears250 ml sweet wine100g sugarMETHOD:Preheat the oven to 180CSlice the bottoms of the pears so that they can sit proudly upright.Arrange them to sit close together in a ceramic roasting tray.Top with a mingled mixture of the wine, sugar and any aromatics you like - eg., cloves, cinnamon, star anise. (Or leave these out!)Bake for 1 hour, basting with the syrup every 15 mins if you can be bothered.Serve with ice-cream, custard, yogurt or whatever you like. Use the leftovers to go with breakfast muesli or granola. DELICIOUS! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.