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Friday Shake Up! Winter Pear, Apple and Cranberry Sangria

Winter Pear, Apple and Cranberry Sangria

 

Total Time: 10 mins prep + chill time

Serves: 4-6

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Ingredients

  • 1 bottle (750mL) sparkling wine, or try with two bottles of sweet Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 1 cup sparkling water
  • 1/4 cup dark rum
  • 3/4 cup apple juice
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 Chamberlain Orchard Bartlett pear, cored, halved, and chopped
  • 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons sugar

 

Instructions

  1. Chop fruit and combine with cranberries and cinnamon stick in bottom of pitcher.
  2. Combine liquid and cinnamon. Pour over fruit. Stir well.
  3. Chill for a few hours or overnight. Stir again.
  4. Cheers!

 

Recipe adapted from Luci’s Morsels.

Photo by Luci’s Morsels.

 

 

 

 

By |2015-06-26T07:29:23+09:30June 26, 2015|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Ginger-Mint Pear Smoothie

Ginger-Mint Pear Smoothie

This Ginger-Mint Pear Smoothie is luscious, sweet-and-spicy with cooling mint and creamy avocado! It’s also a great detox if the winter months have seen you overindulging and have you feeling sluggish!

 

Photo by mynewroots.org

Photo by mynewroots.org

Total Time: 5 minutes
Serves: Makes 3 cups / 700ml

 

Ingredients

  • 2 pears (Available from Paracombe Premium Perry at a market near you)
  • 1 avocado, flesh scooped out
  • 1½ cups / 35g firmly packed baby spinach
  • 1 cup / 250 ml water
  • 2 tsp. minced ginger
  • 1 ½ Tbsp. freshly-squeezed lemon juice
  • 10-20 mint leaves (to your taste)

 

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth
  2. Cheers!

 

Recipe and photos by My New Roots. Click the link for a full ‘Winter Weekend Cleanse’.

By |2015-06-19T02:38:18+09:30June 19, 2015|Foodie Friday, Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Mulled Pear & Ginger

Mulled Pear & Ginger

If you’re not a fan of mulled wine or fancy something different, this deeply spiced pear and rum drink will warm you up nicely this winter.

 

Total Time: 10 minutes Mulled pear & ginger

Serves: 4-6

 

Ingredients

  • 2 litres Chamberlain Orchards Pear juice (Available from Paracombe Premium Perry, if you fancy something different!)
  • 2 thumb-sized Ginger pieces, sliced
  • 2 ripe Josephine pears, sliced
  • 2 cinnamon sticks, plus extra to serve
  • 4 cardamom pods
  • 3 tbsp Light brown sugar
  • Juice of 4 limes, zest of 2
  • 500ml Bacardi Oro, or rum of your choice

 

Instructions

  1. Pour the pear juice into your biggest pan then add the ginger, pears, cinnamon, cardamom and sugar.
  1. Add the zest and juice of the limes, bring everything to the boil and simmer until all of the sugar has dissolved.
  1. Serve warm in glasses or mugs, with a good shot of spiced rum and a cinnamon stick.
  1. Cheers!


Adapted from Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube.

 

 

 

By |2015-08-01T04:24:02+09:30June 12, 2015|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Pear Sidecar

Pear Sidecar

This sweet (but not too sweet) drink should be made one at a time in a cocktail shaker. Energetic shaking and a proper drink-to-ice ratio is key! Enjoy responsibly this long weekend.

 

Total Time: 10 minutes

Serves: Makes one cocktailpear-crostini-su-1654746-x

 

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup pear brandy
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened pear juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon simple syrup (see instructions below)
  • 1 or 2 slices fresh pear, about 1/2 inch thick
  • Ice to shake and serve

 

Instructions

  1. To make simple syrup, cook 1/2 cup each sugar and water in a small pan over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture turns clear. Cool before using.
  2. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour brandy, pear juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup over ice.
  3. Cover and shake vigorously for 1 minute.
  4. Strain and pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with sliced pear. Serve immediately.
  5. Cheers!

 

Adapted from My Recipes

 

 

 

 

By |2015-06-05T01:46:30+09:30June 5, 2015|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Apple and Pear White Sangria

Apple and Pear White Sangria

This apple and pear white sangria is the perfect beverage to sip on in Autumn!

 

Total Time: 4.5 hours, including chill time

Serves: 4-6

Apple & Pear White Sangria

 

Ingredients

  • 1 bottle sweet fruity white wine – try Moscato
  • 1/2 cup brandy
  • Zest of 2 lemons
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from two lemons)
  • 1 Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apple, cored, halved, and thinly sliced
  • 1 Chamberlain Orchard Bartlett pear, cored, halved, and thinly sliced
  • 2 cups soda water
  • For extra sweetness, add ½ to 1 bottle of sweet Paracombe Premium Perry, try as you go

 

Instructions

  1. In a large pitcher, combine wine, brandy, lemon zest, and sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves.
  2. Add lemon juice, apple slices, pear slices and mix well.
  3. Place pitcher in refrigerator for 4 hours to chill and allow flavours to blend.
  4. Just before serving, top sangria off with Perry and soda water. You can also strain sangria after chilling to remove lemon zest, if desired.
  5. Cheers!

 

Adapted from a Family Circle recipe and Love Grows Wild.

 

 

 

By |2015-05-29T02:22:43+09:30May 29, 2015|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Foodie Friday! Warm Pear & Roast Vegetable Salad

Warm Pear & Roast Vegetable Salad 

Today’s winter warming Foodie Friday recipe combines the sweetness of warm baked pears with root vegetables. Enjoy as a meal in itself with a little of your favourite cheese on top (blue cheese is delicious with this!) or, serve as a tasty side salad at dinner.

 

Serves: 6

 

Warm Pear & Roast Vegetable SaladIngredients: 

  • 1 bunch beetroot
  • 4 vine-ripened tomatoes
  • 2 beurre bosc pears, sliced into wedges
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 parsnip
  • 1 bulb fennel
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 bunch English spinach, picked, washed, chopped
  • 150g fetta or blue cheese
  • Pinch sugar
  • Pinch chilli flakes
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

 

 Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced.
  1. Trim and wash each beetroot and wrap in foil. Place in oven.
  1. Halve tomatoes horizontally and place in a small baking try. Sprinkle with sugar, chilli, salt and pepper. Drizzle with a couple of teaspoons of olive oil.
  1. Cut pears and remaining vegetables into wedges and combine in a large roasting dish. Toss with salt and pepper and remaining olive oil. Roast in same oven for 30 minutes.
  1. Add spinach on top of vegetables and cook another 5-10 minutes or until wilted.
  1. Peel beetroot and cut into wedges. Toss all vegetables together in a large serving bowl and scatter with cheese.
  1. Enjoy!

 

Recipe courtesy of: Ninemsn Food

 

By |2015-05-08T01:59:04+09:30May 8, 2015|Foodie Friday|0 Comments

Foodie Friday! Warm Pear Cider in Pear Cups

Warm Pear Cider in Pear Cups

It’s freezing in the Adelaide Hills today, with snow forecast for some parts of the state! With that in mind, today’s Foodie Friday is warm and delicious, and of course simple to make. You can pick up the pear juice and pears from Paracombe Premium Perry at a market stall near you!

 

Serves: 4-6 drinksWarm Pear Cider in Pear Cups

 

Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 cups pear nectar or juice
  • 1 to 2 cinnamon sticks (plus more for garnish)
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 4 whole anise stars
  • 3/4 cup tequila gold or reposado
  • 4 to 6 pears

 

 Instructions:

  1. Combine pear nectar or juice, cinnamon sticks, cloves and anise stars in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Add tequila and stir to incorporate.
  1. Cut off the pear tops and with a sharp knife, carefully outline a rim on your pear cups.
  1. With a melon baller or spoon, hollow out the pears, making sure to leave about 1/4 inch at the bottom and around the edges, creating a cup.
  1. Pour warm nectar into pear cups and enjoy!

 Recipe courtesy of: Rook No. 17

 

By |2015-04-24T09:33:55+09:30April 24, 2015|Foodie Friday, Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Foodie Friday! Easy Peasy Perry Pork

Easy Peasy Perry Pork

 

Paracombe Premium Perry shares a simple easy peasy ‘Perry Pork’ recipe this Foodie Friday, which is, as the name suggests, easy to make for friends and family and uses a bottle of Paracombe Premium Perry too! 

 

Total Time: 15 mins to prep & 45 mins to cook

Serves: 2

 

IngredientsEasy Peasy Perry Pork

  • 2 – 4 Pork Loin Steaks
  • 1 Bottle of Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 2 Pears
  • 100g Brown Sugar
  • 1 White Onion
  • 200ml Water
  • 10ml Olive Oil

 

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200c.
  1. Add the pork loin steaks to a deep oven dish, along with one peeled and cut pear and pour half of the bottle of the Paracombe Premium Perry in, so the steaks are covered. Sprinkle 25g of brown sugar on top. Cook for 30 minutes.
  1. In the mean time, chop the onion and one pear (skin off) and add to a warm frying pan containing the olive oil.
  1. Once the onion has started to sizzle, add 75g brown sugar and the water. Turn the heat down and allow to cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
  1. After 30 minutes in the oven, take the pork out and turn over. Add the caramalised onion & pear slices and put back in the oven for 15 minutes.
  1. Sit back and relax for 15 minutes with the rest of the Paracombe Premium Perry!
  1. Check pork is thoroughly cooked before serving with thick cut potato chips, or whatever takes your fancy.
  1. Enjoy!

 

Recipe courtesy of: Tesco Real Food

 

 

By |2015-04-17T03:37:20+09:30April 17, 2015|Foodie Friday|0 Comments

Foodie Friday! Grilled Ham & Cheese with Pear

Grilled Ham & Cheese with Pear

This Foodie Friday we’re putting a spin on an old favourite – Grilled Ham & Cheese! Adding fruit makes it healthy right? So we’re proposing the grilled ham & cheese sandwich with pear! It may seem like a strange combination at first, but trust us – the salty taste of the cheese and ham combined with the sweet taste of the pear is a match made in heaven!

 

Total Time: Less than 30 minsGrilled Ham & Cheese with Pears

Serves: 2 (2 Sandwiches)

 

Ingredients

  • 4 slices sandwich bread
  • 250 grams cheese (we love Woodside Cheese Wrights!)
  • 1 pear, thinly sliced
  • 250 grams deli ham, thinly sliced
  • Butter

 

Instructions

  1. Layer 4 slices of sandwich bread with about 250 grams of melting cheese, 1 thinly sliced pear, and 250 grams of thinly sliced deli ham; top each with bread.
  2. Heat a large fry pan over medium heat.
  3. Spread the outside of both bread slices with butter.
  4. Cook sandwiches in batches (if necessary) until golden and cheese is melted, flipping once, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
  5. Cut sandwiches in half and serve hot.
  6. Enjoy!

 

Recipe courtesy of: Martha Stewart

By |2015-04-10T03:56:54+09:30April 10, 2015|Foodie Friday|0 Comments

Foodie Friday! Poached Pears with Dark Chocolate Sauce

Poached Pears with Dark Chocolate Sauce

There’s only one thing to do on Foodie Friday on the Easter long weekend, cook pears with chocolate! This quick and easy recipe is in-season, delicious, and perfect for your Easter celebrations! 

 

Poached Pears with Chocolate SauceTotal Time: 30 mins

Serves: 4

 

Ingredients

  • 4 Beurre bosc pears
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cinnamon stick

 

Chocolate Sauce Ingredients

  • 200g dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp Frangelico liqueur (optional)
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

 

Instructions

  1. In a small saucepan, bring the water, caster sugar and cinnamon to the boil.
  1. Peel the pears, leaving the stems intact.
  1. Place the pears in the sugar syrup, return to the boil and immediately remove from the heat and set aside to cool. The remaining heat will continue to cook the pear.
  1. In a small pan, heat the cream, cinnamon and butter and remove from the heat just before it boils.
  1. Whisk in the dark chocolate and Frangelico until the chocolate is entirely melted and you have chocolate sauce.
  1. Serve one pear per guest with the chocolate sauce drizzled over the top.
  1. Enjoy!

 

Recipe courtesy of: Kidspot Kitchen

By |2015-04-03T07:49:35+10:30April 3, 2015|Foodie Friday|0 Comments

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