Receta Canadian Food Experience Project Challenge Six – The Pear Harvest

The topic for the sixth Canadian Food Experience Project challenge is ‘The Harvest’. This year, our more than 30 year old pear tree, produced an abundance of Bartlett pears. It was one of the best harvests yet. There were enough pears to share with family and friends, make some amazing desserts, and for the first time I made pear sauce. Also, there were quite a few neighborhood squirrels rustling the leaves in the tree as they chose which pears to eat, and bees buzzing around any pears that fell to the ground.

In late spring our pear tree is in full bloom and by late summer it produces the most wonderful pears. Unfortunately, this year two branches snapped off as it could not support the weight of the pears. As a result, we…