Malc Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I bought, very cheaply, a book on Tapas which we both love and one of the recipes sounded interesting as it requires small pears; Garlic chicken with pickled pears. We enjoy raiding the hedgerows and had found a few pear trees which had small pears on them last year, but as it was early summer we went to the local supermarket and got some small pears, first were conference and the next batch was a pale skinned pear meant for kids lunchboxes. Not only good with the chicken but excellent with cheeses or pates etc. 600gm small firm pears 300gm sugar 300ml cider/sherry/white wine vinegar 50ml sweet sherry Pinch of saffron (nope, didn't use it as I like it in paella) 1tsp toasted cumin seeds (absolutely essential) 3 long strips of orange peel 1 cinnamon stick (wife doesn't like it so didn't use it) 2 small dried chillies (warmth not burn your butt heat) 8-10 black peppercorns 2 star anise (again boss doesn't like so didn't use) Dissolve sugar slowly in vinegar and sherry while you peel the pears but leave the stalk, when sugar is dissolved add spices etc and turn up to a boil and add pears. Turn them now and again. I used a posh jar as I have loads for pickles, chutney, jams and sloe gin but any jar will do, but sterilise in the oven at 120C or boil in pan of water. When the point of a knife goes in easily pot them, cover with the spiced syrup and put the lids on. Let them mature for a month or two. GARLIC CHICKEN 2 tbsp OO 10-12 chopped garlic cloves (yes, really) 3 tbsp dry sherry/white wine 500gm boned and skinned chicken thigh chopped into 1" cube S&P Parsley to serve Mix all the ingredients apart from Parsley together and put in a bowl in the fridge for an hour. Thread onto skewers, I like the bamboo ones but soak in water while the chicken marinades, fry in a non stick heavy based pan or plancha or BBQ until nicely brown. Scatter with Parsley and chopped pears Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 Getting stuck in to the last batch with cheese and crackers and we've just picked a couple kilos of hedgerow pears for Christmas pressies and ourselves today too. Andy135 and mike farrants 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Malc said: Getting stuck in to the last batch with cheese and crackers and we've just picked a couple kilos of hedgerow pears for Christmas pressies and ourselves today too. Looks nice. But the first photo (I didn't have my glasses on) looks like they are perched on top of a swimming pool! Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 11 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Looks nice. But the first photo (I didn't have my glasses on) looks like they are perched on top of a swimming pool! #shouldhavegonetospecsavers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Andy135 said: #shouldhavegonetospecsavers But you can see what I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 The pears sound great as an accompaniment to a cheese board. Good hedgerow hopping. Garlic chicken sounds nice too but Mrs135 isn't a fan of garlic (weird, I know) and is a vegetarian (even weirder!) so I probably won't get to try it. Thanks for sharing though - top recipes 👍 Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said: But you can see what I mean? We can all see. It's you who can't 🤦♂️ Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted September 18 Author Share Posted September 18 Bumping this up again as it's less than 100 days to Christmas and you will want some to go with your cheese and paté! Today's batch Andy135 and daio web 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 8 hours ago, Malc said: Bumping this up again as it's less than 100 days to Christmas and you will want some to go with your cheese and paté! Today's batch Two years later?? Bloody hell have you been a member that long Malc? Where the time gone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 13 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Two years later?? Bloody hell have you been a member that long Malc? Where the time gone!! Another two and I will be drawing my state pension! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 3 hours ago, Malc said: Another two and I will be drawing my state pension! 😩 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 I'm quite happy about it as I've been economically inactive since 2011 and that pension doesn't seem to be keeping pace with inflation. I'm sure that I will just waste it on fishing gear and holidays anyway! Andy135 and daio web 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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