PICKLED ASIAN PEARS (WOR MEI LEI)
This is from Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's "The Chinese Kitchen", one of the finest classic Chinese cookbooks in English. In this reciped, she uses "sah leh" (sand pears) and recommends substituting Bosc pears, but I have done this with Asian pears, specifically Hosui or Niitaka. The desirable characteristic is a hard, crisp fruit. This is a wonderful appetizer or amuse bouche ... You can either pickle the pears whole, or for an appetizer, you can julienne them.
Provided by Gandalf The White
Categories Pears
Time P3DT15m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Peel, wash, and dry the pears (julienne if you choose to -- ).
- Place all the remaining ingredients in an oversize glass jar.
- Mix well (non-metallic utensil, wood preferred) to ensure all the ingredients are dissolved.
- Add the pears to the jar, mix again, and cover tightly.
- Keep in refrigerator, undisturbed, for at least 3 days before use.
- These pears will keep refrigerated for at least 6 months.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 228.7, Fat 0.3, Sodium 1166.6, Carbohydrate 60.1, Fiber 7, Sugar 47.3, Protein 0.9
TEA POACHED ASIAN PEARS
Chef Picher Ong's dessert from O Magazine. "Asian pears simmered in wine-spiked, cinnamon-infused black tea". Very simple to do.
Provided by mary winecoff
Categories Dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. In a large oven-safe saucepan, bring sugar and 3 cups water to a boil over medium heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add wine, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, tea leaves, and orange zest; bring to a boil again. Add pears, remove from heat, and cover; transfer to oven.
- Bake pears 1 1/2 hours, turning every half hour until tender but still crisp.
- Remove from oven; let stand until cool enough to handle. Serve warm in cooking liquid.
PICKLED PEARS
A stylish and gorgeous treat, spooned out of the jar with a little of the syrup
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Side dish, Snack
Time 45m
Yield Makes enough to fill a 1-1.5 litre kilner jar
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pare the zest from the lemon or orange and put in a pan with the cloves, peppercorns, allspice berries, root ginger, lemon or orange juice, vinegar, cinnamon sticks and sugar. Stir over a gentle heat until the sugar has dissolved.
- Peel, core and halve the pears, then add to the pan and simmer for 15 mins, until the pears are tender. Remove the pears with a slotted spoon and put in a colander to drain. Meanwhile, increase the heat under the syrup and boil rapidly for 15 mins, until the syrup has reduced by about a third and slightly thickened.
- Pack the fruit into warmed jars and pour over the hot syrup to cover. Seal, label and store in a cool dry place for a month before using.
PICKLED PEARS
Make and share this Pickled Pears recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Diana Adcock
Categories Pears
Time P1DT15m
Yield 3 pints
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Soak pears in water& fruit fresh/lemon juice to keep from browning.
- Tie pickling spice, ginger and cloves in a spice bag.
- Prepare liquid-combine spice bag, sugar, water, vinegar and lemon slices in a large stainless or enamel pot.
- Bring to a boil, cover and boil for 5 min.
- Add enough pears to create a single layer in liquid and poach for 7 min-drain with slotted spoon and place in a large bowl.
- Repeat until all pears are poached.
- Pour the liquid over poached pears, cover and let stand 18-24 hours in a cool spot.
- Remove pears and discard spice bag and lemons.
- Bring liquid to a boil.
- Pack pears into clean, hot jars.
- Pour boiling liquid to cover leaving 1/2 inch head space.
- Remove bubbles and seal.
- Process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1203, Fat 1.2, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 23.2, Carbohydrate 310.6, Fiber 29.2, Sugar 256.2, Protein 3.7
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