Pear

Poire

What it is

Louis XIV’s gardener grew some five hundred pear varieties at Versailles, racing to hand the king the year’s first perfect fruit. A pear is a rendez-vous: it is ripe for a single evening, and connoisseurs plan for it.

In the kitchen

Ripen pears on the counter, then catch them at the neck: when it yields near the stem, the whole fruit is ready.

Goes with

Blue cheese Walnut Dark chocolate Honey Ginger Vanilla Hazelnut

Same species

Nashi pear Perry vinegar Comice pear Poire tapée Williams pear

Also used with

Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale DOP Ascorbic acid Appenzeller Asiago d'allevo Banon Beechnut

In season alongside

Clementine Wild strawberry Lavender honey Lychee Mangosteen Bergeron apricot

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