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poaching fruit

Buy pears hard, because they ripen off the tree

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Several brown skinned pears with long necks resting in a shallow bowl on a counter

How to ripen pears without guessing: the neck-press test, a paper bag timeline by variety, and which of the five common pears hold their shape in heat.

Categories Ingredient Spotlight Tags bosc pears, ethylene, fruit ripening, pears, poaching fruit, seasonal produce
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