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"These delicious baked pears in wine have a long history and contain several very old ingredients, saffron and ginger. This is a traditional St Jude's Day recipe,
St Jude (the patron saint of hopeless cases!) was a 1st century apostle, whose feast falls on 28th October. In old England, Bedford Boys would sell Warden Pears in the streets on..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, ginger, red wine...

"Healthy, cheap, and delicious desert."

Ingredients: dry white wine, granny smith apples...

"A deep coloured, fruity and intensely flavoured chutney. I concocted this recipe last year, when we had lots of windfall pears......and, I slipped a bit of saffron in for good measure! This chutney is delicious with ALL cheeses, but especially strong hard cheeses such as Farmhouse Cheddar, Gruyere, Comte and Cantal. It also goes exceedingly well with..."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, cooking apples...

"These wonderful little tartelettes are made from a combination of ripe, sweet pears with tangy, sharp Roquefort blue cheese and aromatic rosemary.They make an excellent and very elegant starter; they are also wonderful if served as a light luncheon dish, with salads and chutney or pickles. The galettes can be assembled several hours in advance - or..."

Ingredients: gorgonzola, fresh ground pepper...

Ingredients: cider vinegar, hard green pears...

"I cannot resist sharing this recipe with you all, if only to try to preserve its delightful name! Nobody appears to know where the name originated from, although it has been suggested that it was an enterprising farmer’s wife, using up her windfall fruit that came up with the quirky name. The jam is thought to originate from Worcestershire, although..."

Ingredients: cooking apples, fresh gingerroot...

"An elegant and sophisticated salad that makes good use of verjus (verjuice) in the dressing. I use a local blue cheese, such as Roquefort in this salad; however, please do use a local blue cheese of your choice - any creamy or robust blue cheese will marry well with the pears and tart dressing. Verjuice, or verjus, is the juice of unripe grapes. This..."

Ingredients: butter lettuce, bartlett pears...

"Posted in response to a request in the British cooking forum. I can't wait to try this one out, it looks yummy! Prep time includes up to 24 hours chilling time, although it can be as little as 4-6 hours, you decide."

Ingredients: chocolate, white grape juice...

"When pears are in season this is a reasonably simple but perfectly delectable dessert to make."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"This favourite of my dad's won me an award from the Ontario Greenbelt Fresh Association, and for good reason! Apples, pears, carrots and raisins team up with the unlikely candidate of green tomatoes for a deliciously tangy-sweet mincemeat. This is a vegan recipe, perfect for pie or tart fillings at Christmas and it freezes well, too!"

Ingredients: dark brown sugar, blackstrap molasses...

"Pears, carrots and raisins team up with the unlikely candidate of green tomatoes for a deliciously tangy-sweet mincemeat. This is a vegan recipe, perfect for pie or tart fillings at Christmas and it freezes well, too! This won me first prize in the Ontario Greenbelt Fresh Association's contest in 2008."

Ingredients: blackstrap molasses, fresh lemon juice...

Ingredients: Stilton cheese, dessert pears...

"A more modern variation of a traditional British dessert."

Ingredients: chocolate, cocoa powder...

"A mouth watering crunchy, tangy salad. Perfect with some fresh crusty bread or as an accompanyment to a main course...

Plus it's quick and easy to prepare!"

Ingredients: clear honey, Dijon mustard...