unripe pears - can I cook them?

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Dozeynoo · 30/04/2007 21:42

I have some pears which aren't ripe yet, however they have some bad patches on them where DS1 & DS2 dropped them on the floor. Is there anything I can cook with them now in a unripe state? I'm worried I'll have to bin the lot if I do use them soon

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ChippyMinton · 30/04/2007 21:44

poach them in red wine

Califrau · 30/04/2007 21:44

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seeker · 30/04/2007 21:47

I was going to say poach them in red wine too - but I won't now! They are also lovely poached in cider. Or, I suppose - though I haven't tried - in apple juice.

ChippyMinton · 30/04/2007 21:48

califrau, it's a classic 1970's dinner party recipe, very Abigail's Party. If my mum wasnt poaching pears she was whipping up a lemon meringue pie or a charlotte russe

ChippyMinton · 30/04/2007 21:50

delia

Jomist · 30/04/2007 21:51

Pear crumble please. If I'm going to suggest it and you make it I have to have some...thank you.

Lovecat · 30/04/2007 22:25

I keep reading the title of this thread as 'URINE pears'

I need to go to bed...[confused smiley]

Califrau · 30/04/2007 22:28

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ChippyMinton · 01/05/2007 08:09

Mmmmmm...was it baked cheescake califrau? Dense, moist, proper, not the 'mousse and jam on a biscuit' that passes for cheesecake now.

MuffinMclay · 01/05/2007 09:58

If you've still got them and haven't cooked them yet pop them in a paper bag with a banana. They'll be ripe in no time.

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