Asian pear leather?

[grasswire]

Anyone doing that? A family member has a bumper crop. The toddlers have eaten all the low-hanging fruit off the tree, but that leaves 3/4 of the crop.

I'd like to know how asian pears do as leather.

Any other ideas for using them appreciated!

[The empressof all]

1. I have a tree too

I make sauce. I use it to make a spice quick bread. You can pretty much use them like any pear. I sautee them with butter for a quickie dessert and have even used them in free form tarts. They are on the bland side so I usually increase the spice. They are particularly good with cardemom. I think they would be a lovely leather but I would suspect they would go quite brown in the process

[Denninmi]

2. Yes, it turns brown, but tastes great.

Pear butter, made like apple butter, is also good. As is perry (pear cider).

These are some of mine from a couple of years back. This is Korean Giant aka Dan Bae aka Olympic.

[grasswire]

3. do you need a cider press to make perry?

I was just reading the county ag site and it says that pear leather is bland and suggest mixing some plums into the mash.

[Denninmi]

10. I've made gallons of cider over the years in my juicer.

My $69 Juiceman Junior I bought years ago. I did later buy a different brand with a larger chute, which minimizes the cutting into smaller pieces, so now I have 2 options.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Pear upside down cake

We are eating our way thorough one that Sparkly made a few days ago. Just wonderful!

[grasswire]

7. with brown sugar and butter like a pineapple version?

Sounds good.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Exactly the same

The pears make for a much more sophisticated flavor. While I love the pineapple kind, it is very much an in your face kind of flavor. The pear is more subtle.

Try it paired (no pun intended) with butter pecan ice cream. Nirvana!

[Retrograde]

5. Have you tried a pie?

There used to be varieties of pears grown specifically for cooking - Warden was one of the varieties. Since Asian pears combine some of the features of pears and apples, I'd try using them lie the latter.

[grasswire]

6. good idea but there are massive quantities to use up

Way too much for pie!

[supernova]

9. Pear ice cream?

It takes quite a bit of fruit to flavor ice cream. Or sorbet, even if you want a lighter version.

I love pears. And I love perry! Woodchuck makes a great one.

[yellerpup]

11. Tried to post a pic of a Gingerbread-Pear Upside Down

Cake I made last year. Yummy combination, but it wouldn't make a dent in your inventory. Let us know how you handle the bounty! :hi:

[noamnety]

12. I don't know about the leather, but

I've halved and cored them and thrown them on the dehydrator, dried pears are amazing and addictive.