My brother grows Asian pears and no one seems to like them in his family.
The bunch he gave my mom were eagerly passed on to me.
Asian pears have a crunch like apples and are not the soft juicy pear like
quality one would expect.

I never had them before but found a nice recipe on the Net that proved quite
tasty and I think glycemic friendly for my BIL and others as well.

Also I don't see why one could use regular apples in the salad below or a
mix one pear and one apple !


Enjoy the recipe and the week end

Joan



ASIAN PEAR SALAD

4 cups of mixed greens ( baby greens if possible )
1 head of radicchio
2 medium Asian Pears, diced
1 1/2 T. white wine vinegar
1/2 t. Dijon mustard
4 t. olive oil
1/2 t. sugar ( use sugar substitute here ) or to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Crumbled Feta cheese (or other type) to taste, low fat variety is fine

Tear the greens and radicchio into bite-sized pieces.
Combine greens and diced pears in a salad bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk vinegar and mustard. Add oil while whisking. Add
salt, pepper, and sugar.
Top salad with crumbled feta.
Drizzle salad dressing on top, to taste.
Note: one may want to double dressing recipe as I like more dressing on a
salad.
Serves 4

"Joan and Papillons: Cosmo & Midge" > wrote in
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> My brother grows Asian pears and no one seems to like them in his family.
> The bunch he gave my mom were eagerly passed on to me.
> Asian pears have a crunch like apples and are not the soft juicy pear like
> quality one would expect.
>
> I never had them before but found a nice recipe on the Net that proved
> quite
> tasty and I think glycemic friendly for my BIL and others as well.
>
> Also I don't see why one could use regular apples in the salad below or a
> mix one pear and one apple !
>
>
> Enjoy the recipe and the week end
>
> Joan
>
>
>
> ASIAN PEAR SALAD
>
> 4 cups of mixed greens ( baby greens if possible )
> 1 head of radicchio
> 2 medium Asian Pears, diced
> 1 1/2 T. white wine vinegar
> 1/2 t. Dijon mustard
> 4 t. olive oil
> 1/2 t. sugar ( use sugar substitute here ) or to taste
> Salt and pepper to taste
> Crumbled Feta cheese (or other type) to taste, low fat variety is fine
>
> Tear the greens and radicchio into bite-sized pieces.
> Combine greens and diced pears in a salad bowl.
> In a separate bowl, whisk vinegar and mustard. Add oil while whisking. Add
> salt, pepper, and sugar.
> Top salad with crumbled feta.
> Drizzle salad dressing on top, to taste.
> Note: one may want to double dressing recipe as I like more dressing on a
> salad.
> Serves 4


Here's a link to some more recipes. But they're not all diabetic friendly.

http://www.virginiagoldorchard.com/recipemenu.html

I will sometimes slice one and put it atop a tossed salad. I don't eat them
very often but we do get them on occasion in the organic produce box.