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Pear and Butternut Squash Chutney

December 30, 2017 by Sheila

Pear and Butternut Squash Chutney

This chutney, with the cinnamon and cardamom, has the taste of India. Here I’ve served it with a cheese and cracker assortment but it would go very well with samosas, pakoras, dosas, dal, or rice. The cheese, starting at the top center and continuing clockwise are a local cheese called Hereford, which is like a […]

Filed Under: Fruits, Preserving, Sauces Tagged With: Asian pear, Asian pears, autumn, butternut squash, cardamom, chutney, cider vinegar, cinnamon, citrus, dried cherries, garlic, ginger, ground cherries, ground cherry, hot pepper, lemon, lemons, pear, pears, preserves, red hot pepper, shallot, shallots, star anise, Thai hot pepper, walnuts, winter squash

Baked Pears with Crystallized Ginger, Cinnamon, and Star Anise

September 25, 2017 by Sheila

Baked Pears with Crystallized Ginger, Cinnamon, and Star Anise

It’s been awhile since the pear tree in front of our house was in bloom. Many pears and apples are every-other-year producers. There’s probably a botanical name for this, but I’m too busy picking fallen pears off the ground so the deer won’t get hit by cars each twilight, that I really don’t have time […]

Filed Under: Desserts, Fruits Tagged With: baked, cinnamon, crystallized ginger, ginger, pear, pears, star anise

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