Glut of pears-any suggestions?

[FuriousGeorge]

My neighbours have a glut of pears & have given me two huge bags full.I don't want to make jam with them,as I'm saving my jamjars for blackberry jam making.

Has anyone any suggestions of what else I can do with them?

Thanks.

Wine?

They are nice in crumble.

And my Russian friend preserves them in syrup, but you'd need jars for that too.

Cider!!!

I also plan to make blackberry jam, but doubt I will get round to it

How is your dd1 getting on at Big School?

3senough.I'd forgotten about that-thanks!

Littlelapin,I especially like the sound of pear salsa.Do you have a recipe? I made pear & chocolate cake last year & I was the only one who ate it,but will try again.Thanks

Escapefrom,she was fine until today,when she cried & didn't want to go.I had toleave her being cuddled by her teacher & crying furiously.

I'm hoping it will pass,shes had a busy weekend & is probably still shattered from it.

How is your gorgeous ds1 doing?

Will have to sign off for a bit dd2 has found me hiding & is trying to interfere with the keyboard.

He is loving it, and marched off without even giving me a kiss this morning - I had to call him back

It will pass, I bet she will skip in tomorrow as normal.

Pickled pears? Really nice with cheese... will post recipe if you want it....

Blackberry and pear crumble?

pear sorbet

pear liqueur

(and both go nicely together!)

pear and stilton tart (DH likes it, i am allergic to cheese so have No Idea)

But do love epar crumble, a few in the freezer and those bags will be gone in a shot

Second (or third) pear crumble, or pear and apple. Pear upside-down-cake is nice, too. I have a recipe somewhere for caramel pear puddiing, which is an upside-downy sort of thing with added golden syrup.

lots of recipes for apple cakes etc that pears would work well in

personally I would just stew them, freeze in batches and thaw to eat with yoghurt / muesli / alone at a later date.
ot just peel, core, chop and freeze them for using when you're more inspired.

Mmmm,these all sound good.I'll see if I can scrounge some more jars,so I'd love the pickled pears & chutney recipes.How do you make liquer aDad?

Can I have the stilton & pear tart & caramel pears recipes?
Thanks for the salsa recipe Littlelapin,will try that out too.
I have made a plum & pear crumble & will freeze some too (the plums were last years out of the freezer).

Thanks,all these suggestions are fab.I'm going to work my way through them.

Ok, pickled pears - have never actually this myself but my aunt makes it nearly every year.

7lbs hard pears
3.5 lbs lump sugar (wtf is that?)
1 large lemon
0.5 pints of white vinegar
0.5 oz root ginger, crushed
a few cloves

Peel and half or quarter the pears (depending on size). Meanwhile boil the other ingredients together for 3 minutes. Add the pears, cover and boil until tender. Put into sterilised jars and cover.