asian pear

Related to asian pear: Korean pear

Asian pear

1. a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina

2. the fruit of the Japanese pear, which resembles a large yellow apple, has crisp juicy flesh, and is cultivated in Japan, Korea, the US, and New Zealand

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

asian pear

Expensive in food stores, great to have growing in your yard.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Serve plain or over rice, with Asian Pear and Date Chutney on the side.

Spicy book opens up a world of flavors

Asian pears, which originated in China, Japan and Korea, were largely unknown elsewhere until the Royal Horticultural Society of London imported them in 1820.

Pearmania

For the pickled Asian pears: In saucepan, combine water, sugar and salt over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt.

Butter-poached lobster with Asian pears and pine emulsion

(Buty gets all of the minuscule amount grown in the state.) Heady florals mix with quince, Asian pear, peach, and lemongrass over earthy wet concrete.

Standout blend: you say you drink only reds? Think again--there's a new white in the west that even red drinkers will love

1 cup peeled, coarsely chopped Asian pear 3/4 cup chopped onion 1 1/2 tbsp.

Steak & salad, fusion style: from two rising Seattle chefs, a Korean American twist on a classic menu

SECOND LABEL Jayson From the same vineyards that produce Pahlmeyer, Jayson 2009 Chardonnay ($45) layers spiced apple butter and Asian pear over wet-stone minerality.

New bargains: top labels are producing less expensive, "second" wines--same winemaking talent and, sometimes, even the same vineyards

Lemon creme brulee and buttered toast round out Asian pear and green apple that pop with tiny bubbles.

Instant expert sparkling wine: the civilized way to pop a cork is so gently it barely sighs. But we say let the cork fly. There's no need to be stuffy with bubbly. It's time sparkling wine moved beyond the special occasion--it's one of the most versatile food wines, after all. So here's all you need to know to choose, taste, and share the right sparkling wine tonight

Notes of melon and Asian pear rounded off by delicate peach and an edge of minerality.

Wine in the West

River water over limestone, with a crisp gamut of citrus, fresh herbs, Asian pear, and a whiff of jasmine.

A wine for every elevation; the scenery and the weather: toast your visit to a national wonder with a wine that matches

Long and bright, with white peach, tart apricot, Asian pear; honeysuckle, and lime.

The wine lover's fish: we netted 5 favorite pairings for wild salmon, plus a simple recipe you can use to test our findings at home

Exotic riot of spited peaches, Asian pear, pink grapefruit, gardenia, and wet stones.

Meet the blancs: three white wines flying under the radar will rock your happy hours this summer, and we've got apps for them all

Speciation and origin in Pyrus had been taken place during the tertiary period in the mountainous areas of the western and southwestern China and spread both in east and West (Rubstov, 1944; Bell et al., 1996; Yamamoto and Chevreau, (2009) nearly all Asian pear species originated from five primitive genepools (Jiang et al., 2016).