When is asian pear season

Here are some top examples:. Skip to content. Food Recipes. Newsletter Sign Up. You May Also Like. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Juicy - What I like most about Asian pears is that they are juicy, which makes them great for eating.

Crisp - The rise of the Honeycrisp apple shows how we like crisp fruit. The Asian pear is meant to be eaten crisp and crunchy like an apple.

You eat an Asian pear just like you would any apple and pear. Bite into the skin and eat around the core. Or you can slice the pear up and enjoy it that way. There is really nothing different about how you go about eating them. Ripeness can be tricky with an Asian Pear. In other pear varieties you look for the pear to give just barely to gentle pressure at the stem.

Or in some pears like the Bartlett you want the pear to turn from green to yellow. The Asian pear does have something common with the Bartlett in that you are looking for the green color to disappear. The green color is more subtle with the Asian as it always appears brown in the store. Choose Asian pears that do not have any green color in the skin. In my experience, the more vivid the brown color the better.

There are several varieties of Asian pears including the 20th Century, Shinko, and the most common in stores, the Hoshui. You might have noticed that Asian pears are more expensive than pears and most apples. Why is that? I worked at an apple orchard one fall that also had some Asian pears. We were never allowed to pick them up, that was up to the owners alone. For them, they were harder to harvest and they never had a sizable crop.

These are the kinds of challenges that increase the markup on the fruit. No, they are the same thing. Apple Pears is just a marketing name that same brands chose to use because of the pear's apple-like crunch. The skin is more like that of a Bosc pear or a Russet apple. Allow the fruits to ripen in the bag for approximately three days. The flesh of the fruit, once ripened, feels slightly firm but gives way with pressure. The skin of the ripened Asian Pear should be deep yellowish-orange with brown flecks.

Storing Asian Pears can be stored for up to one week at room temperature. Place them directly on your kitchen counter-top or store them in a bowl. You can store them for up to three months in your refrigerator or other similarly cold place. Place on the refrigerator shelf or in the fruit drawer in a way that will prevent crushing or bruising. We don't recommend freezing fresh Asian Pears that have not been processed.

The juice and fibers will separate in the thawing process, and the results are not at all desired. However, freezing a cooked or processed pear such as pear sauce to which sugar has been added will work. Pear pie fillings can also be pre-baked and frozen. Make sure the pears are in a tightly sealed container prior to freezing to help reduce freezer burn and the growth of microorganisms.

Wash and peel pears.