List of recipes using Pears: 14 recipes (alcohol-free)

Apple and pear tart

Apples and pears are combined in this sophisticated autumn tart. The pears are laid decoratively on top of stewed apple.

Belle-helene in a glass

It's a recipe where you make 4 layers of different creams in a small glass: vanilla cream, small dice of pear cooked in maple syrup, chocolate mousse and whipped cream. It should be served to your guests cool but not too cold .

Caramelized pear custard tart

You may well be familiar with the famous French custard tart, with its creamy vanilla egg-custard filling. It can also be made in individual portions, in ramekins, for example. Here is a delicious version with caramelized pears.

French Family Cake

The idea of a "family" cake can mean so many different things, depending on where your family came from. This French version consists of a layer of pears in liquid caramel, topped with a basic cake mixture, similar to the four quarters recipe.

Fruit salad

To make a good fruit salad, there are three important points:

1. Choose fruits that go well together (avoid putting soft pears with crunchy apples for example).
2. Remove absolutely all skins and seeds.
3. Bring it all together with a good home made sugar syrup added to the fruit juices.

Here is a recipe which does all of that.

Pear and chocolate Paris puddings

Morsels of pear, caramelised in maple syrup, topped with a chocolate "Paris flan" custard, and baked in ramekins.

Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint

Thick slices of poached pears in a blind-baked sweetcrust pastry case, their centres filled with mint-flavoured confectioner's custard, and surrounded by a chocolate cream, set by baking briefly in the oven. The flavours of pears, chocolate and mint work perfectly together to create a truly exceptional tart. You'll love this one!

Pear and lime meringue pie

A layer of light lime cream and caramelized pears in a crisp pastry case, topped with Italian meringue, which is browned under the grill or with a flame.

Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart

A sweetcrust pastry case filled with pistachio cream, topped with pear and grapefruit slices.

Pears and caramelised walnut samosas

Samosas are small parcels of filling wrapped in brik (or filo) sheets and either shallow or deep fried. Here is a sweet version, with pears and caramelised walnuts.

Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup

Pear halves sautéed in butter and sugar served with real custard (crème anglaise) and a reduced blood-orange syrup.

Yvetot Douillons

This dessert, named after a small town in Normandy, consists of a pear filled with confectioner's custard (French pastry cream), which is wrapped in a pancake and puff pastry, then baked. The "douillon" part of the name comes from a warm coat, the "douillette", of former times.

Pear compote

Stewed pears are not as easy to prepare as stewed apples, as they contain more juice and you risk ending up with more of a coulis than a compote. So here are two simple methods to help you succeed.

Poached pears

Poached pears are used in a number of desserts. Here's a method for poaching them that you can use in all your recipes.