Author: Victoria Granof. Author: Alton Brown. Author: Alison Roman. Apple Crisp Author: Abby Dodge. Author: New Mom Kate. Author: Lillian Chou. Author: Katherine Sacks. Author: JoAnn Hague. Author: Diane Kester. Author: Janet Caldwell. Author: Dora. Author: John Chandler. Author: Taste of Home. Author: cookingmama. Author: Kookie.
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For a healthy meal, make a salad with goat cheese and arugula and nuts or seeds. Asian Pears are high in fiber and rich in potassium, vitamin C and antioxidants. Include these delicious fruits in your children's lunch boxes, family meals or dazzle guests with your new Asian pear-inspired recipes. By: Meg Scanlon. Related Articles How to Cook Papaya. What Fruits Have Edible Peelings? Foods From Rainforest Plants. How to Peel Guava. Nutritional Value of a D'Anjou Pear. Adults need an average of about 30 grams of fiber each day, according to the Mayo Clinic.
With up to 10 grams of fiber, an Asian pear provides about one-third of the fiber you need for the day. Along with keeping you "regular," dietary fiber is heart-healthy, stabilizes blood sugar and helps you feel fuller, which helps with weight regulation.
Pears are high in the kind of dietary fiber known as soluble fiber. This type is especially prized for fighting high cholesterol and stabilizing glucose.
According to the U. Department of Agriculture's figures, a large Asian pear has calories. It also contains 30 grams of carbohydrates and about 1.
Aside from their rich fiber content, Asian pears are also a good source of vitamin C and vitamin K. The fruit also delivers at least 5 percent of the potassium and magnesium your body needs for the day. In addition, Asian pears provide vitamin E, calcium and zinc. So, nutritionally speaking , what's the difference between an apple and a pear?
Or in some pears like the Bartlett you want the pear to turn from green to yellow. The Asian pear does have something common with the Bartlett in that you are looking for the green color to disappear.
The green color is more subtle with the Asian as it always appears brown in the store. Choose Asian pears that do not have any green color in the skin. In my experience, the more vivid the brown color the better. There are several varieties of Asian pears including the 20th Century, Shinko, and the most common in stores, the Hoshui. You might have noticed that Asian pears are more expensive than pears and most apples.
Why is that? I worked at an apple orchard one fall that also had some Asian pears. We were never allowed to pick them up, that was up to the owners alone. For them, they were harder to harvest and they never had a sizable crop. These are the kinds of challenges that increase the markup on the fruit. No, they are the same thing. Apple Pears is just a marketing name that same brands chose to use because of the pear's apple-like crunch. The skin is more like that of a Bosc pear or a Russet apple.
If you don't like the skin you can peel them, much easier than you can other pears. I haven't tried baking with them before, so I had to do a little research to see if there were recipes out there. My thought was that Asian pears are juicy, too juicy, making it hard to make a cobbler or pie with them.
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