Best Pear Recipes

You can customize this easy smashed fruit recipe to your taste using cinnamon and your choice of lemon juice, hard cider or pear brandy. This recipe by Amelia Saltsman appeared in the Chicago Tribune.

Created by the Sidney Frank Importing Company, Grey Goose was named the world's best-tasting vodka within two years of its founding. In 2004, the French vodka not only became the best-selling premium vodka in the United States — selling more than 1.5 million cases that year — it was also acquired by Bacardi. Grey Goose remains popular as ever in 2017 yet also continues to experiment with new varieties; Grey Goose Le Melon, for example, came onto the market in summer 2014, as made with Cavaillon melons from the Provence region of France.Here's one that uses some of the seasonal vodkas of Grey Goose.

This showstopper marries mellow golden pears with tart 'n tangy cranberries, and topped with a sweet and spicy crumble of brown sugar, cinnamon and allspice.Recipe courtesy of McCormick.

Prickly pears may seem intimidating. They are covered in protective glochids for goodness sake. That simply means they have teeny tiny spikes that hurt if you touch them. The taste of the fruit is almost cotton candy meets raspberry (if you ask me) and the color is out of this world bright reddish purplish pink.  I have enjoyed making shrubs, jams and cocktails with the fruit but one of my favorite things is making pie! Here I used a flakey sourdough crust with a sweet lattice top to encase the prickly pear filling. You can either make the sourdough pie crust (or use 2 store bought refrigerated pie crusts if you are in a pinch)This recipe is courtesy of Women's Heritage.