Pear Recipes

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This page is dedicated to Pear Recipes, useful for your Detox Diet.

Fresh pears contain 83% water. Additionally, each 100 g (about 31/2 oz) provides 61 Calories (kcal).
Pears contain plant estrogens, along with the antioxidant and anti-carcinogen glutathione, which is recommended for the prevention of high blood pressure. Pears contain potassium, folic acid, vitamin C, manganese, selenium, pectins and hemicellulose.
This fiber help prevent constipation, ensure regularity and lower high cholesterol levels.
Fresh pears are delicious eaten. Their skin provides some of their fiber, so it is best to not peel the fruit but eat the entire pear.

The pear also has a good sodium/potassium ratio to help prevent strokes and control high blood pressure in sodium-sensitive individuals.

I suggest you to buy organic pears raised without pesticides or chemical fertilizers; the USDA's own tests show that most non-organic produce contain residual pesticides even after washing.

There are many varieties of pears sold. Bartlett and Cornice pears are soft, juicy, and sweet. They are also very fragile. Bosc and D'Anjou are firmer, but still very sweet and juicy.

Pears are at their best when perfectly ripe and when the flash around the stem gives to gentle pressure.

The following are my suggested pear recipes that you can incorporate in your detox diet plan. Pears contain the sweetest natural sugar, levulose, in a higher concentration than any other fruit, so don't add sugar!

Pear juice

cause a purifying, diuretic effect. Pear juice also has an anti-inflammatory effect and helps relieve sufferers of much pain in various inflammatory conditions.

To make the juice simply cut some pears into little pieces. Remove the stems and seeds and place the pieces into a pot with some water. Boil for around 10 minutes. Then, pour off all of the juice through a strainer into a drain pan of some sort. Chill the juice and then serve.

Pears Purée:

peel the pears and remove the seeds. Grate directly into the boiling water.In a small saucepan, bring 1 tablespoon of water to a rolling boil. Add the pears an simmer for 10 minutes, until the largest piece is soft. Then purèe, using the chopping attachement of a hand blender, until smooth.

Dried pears:

contain protein, iron, and vitamins A and C.
Peel your pears, and throw them into cold water in a preserving-pan ; put them on to boil till tender.Then, take them out with a strainer, and put them into cold water to cool. Take them out and drain them. Put the pears in a cool oven all night. Put them into the oven for four days, and the last time they will be quite dry.
Pack the pears in boxes, with layers of paper between them.

Celery Pear Watercress Juice:

mix 2 pears, 3 celery sticks and i bunch watercress through your juicer. Drink imeediately.
This amazing green juice is great for detoxing your body and to improve your immune system and digestion.

Apple and Pears Detox Recipe:

mix 2 apples, sliced, 2 pears and 1 small bunch of grapes in a juicer or blender and drink immediately.

Pear and Beet Detox Drink Recipe:

Mix 2 large yellow pears, 1 large beet and 2 large stalk celery in a juicer. Stir mixture and drink.

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