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Pear

A pear is the juicy fruit of a pear tree and comes in many varieties and flavors. Pears are popular for their sweetness and aroma, although they have a relatively short shelf life.

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🍴 fruit📅 autumn🌍 Pears are grown throughout the world, and some varieties are traditionally cultivated in the Czech Republic.

🥗 vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free

Nutrition per 100 g

Calories	51 kcal
Protein	0.4 g
Fat	0.1 g
Carbohydrates	14 g
Fiber	3.1 g

Vitamins

C, B

Minerals

potassium, calcium

GI index

38

Suitable for

vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free

🍳 Culinary uses

Pears are often used in fruit salads, desserts, compotes, and preserves.

🔍 How to choose

Good-quality pears should be firm, free from blemishes, and pleasantly fragrant.

📦 Storage

Pears are best stored in a cool, dry place, where they will keep for several days.

🔄 Substitutes

Pears can be replaced with apples or another fruit with a similar texture.

💚 Health benefits

Pears contain dietary fiber and antioxidants, along with vitamins C and B.

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Pear is a fruit, the pome produced by a pear tree, much like an apple. The fruit of cultivated varieties is edible and flavorful.

These juicy fruits are divided into summer, autumn, and winter varieties according to when they ripen or are harvested. Summer pears have the shortest shelf life, while winter pears keep the longest. Pears can be stored, but they do not keep as long as apples.

There are now more than 5000 pear cultivars grown around the world.

Dessert pears have juicy flesh with a slightly tart or sometimes entirely sweet flavor and a pronounced but pleasant aroma. Firmer, less flavorful, and less juicy fruit is used for preserving.

Pears ripen and are harvested over a short period, and once ripe, they spoil very quickly.

The best-known English variety for eating fresh is “Williams,” which ripens in late summer; the slightly later varieties include “Comice” and “Conference.” “Packham's Triumph” is an excellent pear for compotes. Pears can also be dried, served as a dessert with whipped cream or other fruit, added fresh to fruit salads, or served whole with cheese. Cooked-down pears are made into preserves and confectionery.

Pears are very low in vitamin C. They do, however, contain appreciable amounts of B vitamins, particularly just beneath the skin.

100 g of pears provides approximately 213 kJ and 51 kcal.

Pears were once used to make pracharanda, a traditional ingredient in sweet dishes. Today, pears are used to make traditional Czech pear brandy, especially in Moravia.

Varieties

Examples of varieties resistant to scab and apple powdery mildew, reflecting a trend in the early 21st century:

• Bohemica – late-winter variety with a long storage life;
• Decora – winter variety with juicy fruit and reddish cheeks;
• Dicolor – winter variety with attractively colored fruit and a pleasant aromatic flavor;
• Erika – early-winter variety with a mildly tart-sweet flavor.

Nashi

The fruit of the Asian pear has come to be known as nashi, although “nashi-li” is the correct term because “li” means pear tree in Chinese.

References

This article incorporates text from the article Pear on the Czech Wikipedia.