Sweet, juicy, fragrant... the pear is a tender, generous fruit, often associated with the sweetness of autumn.
It's found in both our childhood memories and the greatest gourmet desserts. Raw, cooked, poached, or caramelized, it transforms elegantly while retaining its comforting touch. Both rustic and refined, the pear deserves our full attention.
🍴 How to consume and store it?
The pear is a fragile fruit that continues to ripen after harvest. It can be stored at room temperature for a few days, but it's best to eat it quickly once ripe. To slow down its ripening, you can refrigerate it.
It can of course be enjoyed raw, as a bite, but also as a compote, in a salad, on a tart, poached in red wine, roasted with honey, or in a sweet and savory pairing with cheese or nuts. It is a fruit for cooking as well as for delicacies.
📅 What is its season?
🧬 Features
The pear is an elongated fruit with thin skin, green, yellow, brown or red depending on the variety. Its flesh is tender, juicy and sweet, sometimes grainy.
There are over a thousand varieties worldwide! Among the best known in France: Williams (ideal for cooking), Conférence (perfect raw), Comice (very fragrant), and Passe-Crassane (hardy and late). It is rich in fiber, vitamin C, and copper, and naturally low in calories.
💡 Did you know?
The pear was already cultivated in ancient times and prized by the Romans. Its name comes from the Latin "pira."
Louis XIV, a great fruit lover, had around a hundred varieties cultivated in the gardens of Versailles! Fun fact: the Conference pear was named after winning an award at a major horticultural conference in London in 1885.
💚 Why we love it at Neary
Because it's local, seasonal, sweet, and easy to include in any basket. At Neary, we favor pears grown in responsible orchards, hand-picked at their peak, to guarantee flavor and texture. It complements fall and winter baskets with elegance, balance, and plenty of sweetness.
🛒 Where to find it?
👉 It's waiting for you in our seasonal fruit baskets , delivered to your business or home. The pear is autumn in your mouth 🍐
