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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

 

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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 |2025-06-26T21:54:26+09:30April 24, 2015|Foodie Friday, Friday Shake Up!|Comments Off on Foodie Friday! Warm Pear Cider in Pear Cups
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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

 

 

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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

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