This recipe both preserves pears and creates a pear-flavored liqueur perfect for holiday cocktails. Instructions: Fill a large bowl halfway with cold water and add lemon juice. Peel pears as ...

Q: I hope you can help. I used to have a recipe for Brandied Fruit using canned fruit cocktail, sugar and brandy mixed together in a large jar. More fruit cocktail would be added periodically as th… ...

The alcohol in the brandy improves the flavor and boosts the aroma of the pears in this simple, elegant dessert. Just as when you season with salt, go light at first with the alcohol. A little ...

A hit on any cheese plate, these Brandy Poached Pears are easy to prepare and can be made well ahead of your guests’ arrival.

Press Photo/Paul L. Newby IISauteed pears with brandy and ice cream Download this recipe for a 3-by-5-inch card (PDF) INGREDIENTS: • 1 cup water • 1 cup granulated sugar • 1 vanilla bean ...

Twinkle VanWinkle: Brandied pear and ginger butter Twinkle VanWinkle Star correspondent A long, long time ago when I started “cooking things,” I had a bucket list of recipes I wanted to conquer.

The tannic acidity of tea -- be it black, white or green -- also adds a flavonoid-rich, sweet-balancing complexity to fruit dishes. And you reap all that for the little effort it takes to brew some.

Pear brandy is poured in a half-ounce or one-ounce serving at the end of a meal, Lutes said. “It’s a digestif to settle the stomach a bit, ...