Pear pastille in the oven and dryer

There are many ways to store pears in winter. They are frozen whole and cut for drying. Pear marshmallow is a delicious recipe that can be prepared in various ways, using the oven, dryer, with or without sugar. It’s worth considering how easy it is to make this dish at home in different ways.

What varieties are suitable for pear marshmallows?

To make marshmallows, you don’t have to choose perfectly smooth pears. It is better to choose soft varieties of fruit that can be easily ground in a blender or meat grinder. Varieties worth paying attention to:

• Bare Jaffard;
• Victoria;
• Bar Moskovskaya;
• In memory of Yakovlev;
• Marble;
• Lumpy;
• Vera Yellow.

These pears are characterized by increased softness and pliability. They don't last long, so you can't leave them in the refrigerator for longer than 1 week. Even slightly bruised pears are suitable for this dish, but without rot.

How to make pear marshmallow

Pear pastille is made at home using a simple recipe. The basic principle of preparation is to dry the pear mixture in an oven or dryer.Each housewife decides for herself how to complement the product, what spices to add for taste. First you need to prepare the fruits, then follow the recipe:

1. Wash and dry the fruits.
2. Cut out the rotten areas and remove the core.
3. Cut into cubes for easy grinding.
4. Using a blender or meat grinder, grind the pieces until pureed.
5. Add spices to taste, stir until smooth.
6. Take a baking sheet, spread parchment over the entire area, grease with refined vegetable oil.
7. Pour the pear porridge onto a baking sheet and spread it evenly around the entire perimeter with a spatula so that there are no thin spots left.
8. Place in the oven to dry for 5 hours at 100 degrees, leaving the oven door ajar to allow the moist air to evaporate.
9. Set aside the prepared dry mass until warm.
10. Take out the marshmallow along with the paper, turn everything upside down and wet the paper with water until it is completely wet, this makes it easier to separate it from the finished dish.
11. Cut into uniform rectangular slices.
12. Roll into tubes and tie with a thread.

This is the principle of preparing a pear product, which underlies other variations and experiments.

Pear pastille in the oven

There are various recipes for making pear marshmallows, with minor variations. Here is one recipe for making soft pear marshmallows in the oven:

1. Take 8-10 ripe pears, prepare the fruits, peel the peel.
2. Cut into pieces, grind to porridge.
3. You can add sugar, but it will take longer to dry than without it.
4. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and cook, stirring, for 1-1.5 hours so that the first water layer evaporates.
5. After cooking, place on a baking sheet, first covering it with parchment.
6. Dry in the oven with the door open at 90 degrees until the mass stops sticking to your fingers, but without drying out to the point of becoming brittle.
7. Roll the finished pastille into tubes while it is still hot and leave to cool.

You can wrap each piece separately in baking paper, decorate it beautifully with a ribbon and go to your friends for a tea party.

Pear pastille in the dryer

To prepare a large amount of pear marshmallow for the winter, you should take several different fruits and mix them. For example, let's take 3 kg of pears, 2 kg of apples and 2 kg of grapes. After cleaning the grains, it comes out to 1 kg less. From 7 kg of the resulting workpiece, the output is 1.5 kg of the finished product. The recipe for making pear marshmallows in the dryer is as follows:

1. Prepare the fruits, wash and chop finely for grinding.
2. There is no need to add sugar; the fruit mixture will be sweet enough.
3. While grinding in a blender, add each fruit a little at a time so that the mass is easily ground, capturing all the pieces.
4. Distribute the puree around the perimeter of the drying tray, greasing it with vegetable oil.
5. Set the temperature to +55° and dry for 18 hours.

After cooking, you need to wait until it cools down and serve it cold with tea, or immediately identify the product in containers for storage.

Homemade spicy pear pastille

In addition to sugar, you can add various spices to the marshmallow, which enhance the taste of the dish, making it a unique delicacy.

A simple way to prepare pear marshmallow at home with sesame and pumpkin seeds:

1. Take 5 kg of pears, peel and seeds.
2. Pour the remaining 3 kg of fruit into 100 g of water in a saucepan and cook for 30 minutes.
3. After boiling for half an hour, add a few cardamom grains and cook for another 10 minutes until the pears are completely softened.
4. Take out the cardamom seeds and grind the fruits in a blender.
5. Add a glass of sugar (250 g) to the puree and cook for another hour, stirring thoroughly.
6. Spread parchment paper on a baking sheet, grease with vegetable oil and pour pear puree 0.5 cm thick, spreading evenly over the dish with a spoon.
7. Chop the shelled pumpkin seeds and sprinkle on top.
8. Add sesame seeds, or sprinkle 1 baking sheet with sesame seeds and the other with pumpkin seeds, the whole mass should make 5 sheets.
9. Dry in the oven at 100 degrees for 3 hours.
10. Roll the finished plate into a sausage and cut into pieces.

Pear marshmallow for the winter

For the winter version of marshmallow, you can use both fresh and frozen pears. It’s even better to freeze the pear puree right away, distribute it into baby food jars and freeze at a temperature of at least -18 degrees. In winter, defrost pear puree and prepare according to the standard recipe.

Pear marshmallows are stored in several ways for the winter:

• wrap each piece of marshmallow in cling film and carefully push it into three-liter jars, closing it tightly with a thermal lid, which needs to be boiled for 2 minutes in boiling water so that it softens and sits tightly on the neck of the jar;
• Distribute the finished portions of marshmallows into plastic bags with a zipper for freezing, after pumping out as much air as possible from the bag.

You can store it in any container, the main thing is that it does not allow air to pass through and is not in a warm, bright place.

Pear marshmallow without sugar

Sugar is a natural preservative that allows the product to be stored without freezing or the use of chemical additives. But the use of sugar makes the marshmallow very high in calories and less healthy. Sugar marshmallows should not be eaten by people with diabetes. An alternative may be fructose. When it is broken down in the body, insulin is not required, but it is as sweet as sugar.

Pear marshmallow can be prepared without adding any sweeteners at all. One ripe fruit contains almost 10 g of sugar, which is 2 teaspoons. And if you add apples (10.5 g of sugar in 1 fruit) or grapes (29 g in 1 glass of berries) to the pears, the marshmallow will contain natural fructose, which ensures the sweetness and preservation of the product.

Pear pastille without cooking

Sweet pear pastille can be prepared without pre-steaming. Cooking is used only to further soften and evaporate the first layer of moisture. But this is optional. If you beat the pears well to a smooth puree, without lumps, then cooking is not required. Also, before drying, it is better to cook the product if the recipe contains sugar, honey and other additives, except seeds, for better dissolution and obtaining a homogeneous mass.

Disinfection and evaporation of water will occur in the oven. Therefore, each housewife decides for herself whether she should boil the pears before drying or not.

Terms and conditions of storage

Security principles:

• dark room (basement, cellar, storage room);
• low but positive temperature;
• low humidity – if there is excess moisture, the product will fill with water and become brittle and crumbly;
• minimum access to oxygen (store in sealed jars, cling film, bags);
• Dried fruits and similar products are susceptible to attack by kitchen moths; at the first sign of infection, it is necessary to protect the product from the spread of insects.

If stored correctly, the product is suitable for use for two years.

Conclusion

Pear pastille is an exquisite culinary decoration. Even on weekdays, by inviting the whole family to the table for tea and serving pear pastille rolled into tubes, you can create a festive mood.

Making delicious pear pastille is a very profitable culinary trick. It can be given to children at school as a snack for tea. It contains many useful vitamins, such as iron, zinc, magnesium, silicon, sodium, phosphorus, manganese, as well as vitamins B, C, D, E, H, K, PP. The calorie content of marshmallow in 100 g reaches 300 kcal, making it a satisfying product.

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