This spiced pear bread is an easy quickbread to make using either fresh or canned pears!
Caramelized pears infused with warm aromatic cardamom is easy and impressive fall dessert, perfect for dinner parties as well as a weeknight treat!
Lightly spiced and perfectly sweet, these pear muffins are an easy breakfast or snack idea, and a great way to use up pears!
This simple pear jam recipe has just a few ingredients and a lot of flavor! Pears are full of pectin, so it's easy for beginners to make this no pectin preserve.
Not really a fan of the iris-folding, but I did this for a commission. The folded pieces are all torn from old magazines and catalogues and I quite like the mish-mashy way they go together.
This simple pear jam recipe has just a few ingredients and a lot of flavor! Pears are full of pectin, so it's easy for beginners to make this no pectin preserve.
Learn how to freeze pears for long-term storage.
Pear goes naturally with herbs, and the combination of pear and rosemary is particularly delicious. Pinecone bud syrup has a dark chestnut color and wintry pine flavor. Here, it combines seamlessly with the rosemary and pears to create a warm and very autumnal jam.
This simple pear jam recipe has just a few ingredients and a lot of flavor! Pears are full of pectin, so it's easy for beginners to make this no pectin preserve.
Here is a simple guide to teach you how to dehydrate pears so that you can make the most of this delicious fruit!
Caramel Pear (Upside Down) Cake When I was absent from blogosphere for almost a year, I missed out reading my favourite blogs and chatting with my lovely blog friends. When I came back I found that there were many new food blogs, more than I had on my google reader! Among the lot, I found some really unique and interesting food blogs with beautiful narration and well presented food. One such blog was Look Who’s Cooking Too by gorgeous Nisha. I found her blog by accident but falling in love with her blog was no accident! Nisha shares wonderful recipes from her home and abroad, and the goodies she whips up in her London kitchen is something that will leave you drooling over your keyboard! It’s my joy to bring Nisha to Monsoon Spice kitchen. You can keep in touch with Nisha by become her friend on Facebook. The great thing about blogging is the fact that you make so many friends in the virtual world, and somewhere along the way you are so itching to meet them face to face and talk about all things food and photography related. Sia of Monsoon Spice is one person I'd like to meet some day and if lucky, get to taste some of the amazing food she makes as well. Although Monsoon Spice had a permanent position on my bookmarks bar, it was only recently that I got to befriend the gorgeous person (with gorgeous hair, if I may add) behind the blog. Thanks to Facebook, I now not only wish to see Sia, but also her lil dumpling who is simply the cutest. Caramel Pear (Upside Down) Cake Her gorgeous blog is nothing short of perfection and her recipes are worth devouring into. Her Spring Onion Moong Dal, one of my absolute favs, still saves me on a rainy day and I have bookmarked quite a few recipes to try, with the Mirch ka Achar (seriously, I'm drooling just thinking about it) she recently posted topping the list. So imagine my delight when she asked if I could do a guest post for Monsoon Spice while she was on holiday. Of course I wasn’t gonna pass and so here I am with a delicious Caramel Pear Cake which is divine and EASY. The base is a French yoghurt cake which is so easy to put together and even an amateur baker can do it. Trust me when I say that because this was the first cake I learnt to bake on my own. It has never failed me and no matter how hard you try to goof up, the end result will always be good. The cake is also my base for any fancy schmancy cakes I want to make and can easily adapt to any flavour, fruit, topping, frosting or simply on its own. I particularly like the upside down cake combo because the caramel kinda bubbles up when its baking in the oven causing an overall caramelised effect and the cake becomes more like a sponge pudding which you can never say no to. So without rambling further, here is an utterly delicious Caramel Pear Cake you can bake for the holiday season. Caramel Pear (Upside Down) Cake Recipe: Caramel Pear (Upside Down) Cake Prep Time: 20 to 30 minutes Cooking Time: 45 to 50 minutes Serves/Makes: A 9 inch cake (about 8 generous slices) Shelf Life: 3 to 4 days at room temperature Recipe Level: Easy/Beginner Spice Level: N/A Serving Suggesion: With whipped cream or even ice cream. But I love it on its own. Ingredients: For the Caramel Topping: ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar ¼ cup Unsalted Butter- 1/4 cup 150 gms Canned Pears, drained and thinly sliced (or if using fresh pears, then peel, core and thinly slice two dessert pears) For the Cake: 1 cup Plain Flour 2 tsp Baking Powder A pinch of Salt 1 cup Granulated sugar 3 Medium size Eggs ½ cup Plain Yoghurt ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract ½ cup Flavourless Oil (I used vegetable oil) Caramel Pear (Upside Down) CakeMethod: Make the Caramel Topping: Butter and line a 9 inch cake pan and arrange the pears slices in a circle at the bottom of the pan, starting from the outer edge. Keep aside. Place a saucepan over medium low heat and melt the sugar and butter. Once the mix begins to bubble and caramelise a bit, swirl the pan and if required stir using a spatula and take it off the flame. Gently pour it over the pear slices, making sure you don’t disturb the pattern. Keep aside. Caramel Pear (Upside Down) CakeMake the Cake: Centre a rack in the oven and preheat it to 175C. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Into a separate mixing bowl throw in the sugar, eggs, yoghurt and vanilla extract and using an electric beater or whisk beat it all together till well combined. Still whisking, add the dry ingredients bit by bit, making sure no traces of flour is seen once you are done. Finally, pour the oil into the mixture and using a spatula fold it in. Don’t mix it too vigorously. Pour the cake batter gently on top of the pear slices till about 3/4th full and even it out a bit, if required Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Take it out of the oven and let it stay on a wire rack for about 5 minutes after which you can say a little prayer and turn it upside down onto a serving plate. Peel off the baking paper carefully, slice into wedges and serve with love :) Caramel Pear (Upside Down) Cake Nisha's Notes: If you don’t have dark brown sugar, use the light one instead. I use a spring form pan for upside down cakes as it is much easier to work with, especially when you turn it upside down, Use a blunt knife to first run it around the edge of the pan to slightly release the cake and then invert. If any pear slice is stuck to the baking paper, don’t panic, just carefully peel it off and paste on the cake. No one would know :) It is important that you turn the cake upside down after about 5 minutes, because the caramel can harden and stick to the pan and paper, making it a difficult and messy affair You can literally use any fruit of choice and do the above procedure. I have tried the same with peaches, plums and apples and it has always worked out great.
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This pear jam is simple and versatile - you can use different varieties of pears each time you make it. Some batches might be faintly floral, others more tart, depending on the pear varieties you use. The fine quality and great taste of USA Pears will shine through in every batch of this delightful homemade jam!
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A cozy and simple fall dessert!
In need of a nice pretty looking cocktail? Or maybe you are just a big fan of pears. This pear gin fizz is a delicious option.
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Crochet your own collection of decorative gourds with this pattern for a bi-coloured pear gourd. Perfect autumn decorations for your home.
I know what you’re thinking. Just another watercolor pear painting… Right ? Overused and not very original ! But pears, like many other fruit and vegetables, are really useful forms for studying some of the fundamentals of watercolor painting. They generally have a very simple shape, so even if your outline sketch isn’t accurate you’ll
