Hello Foodie Friends… 👋🏼 We are officially over halfway through Winter, easy right! All that fuss, it's not that hard is it? Here in Point Lonsdale there are lots of brave souls proving that point, with their daily sunrise swims in very gloomy and extremely cold & windy weather. The water temperature is around the 12C mark, which is a bit chilly to say the least, but there are the hardcore out there every morning. We see them swimming in the bay on our sunrise beach walks and we have to say we're impressed, guess it is all in the mind. And what's on our minds? Well, it is one of our favourite ingredients ever… the pear 🍐. We reckon the humble pear is one of the most featured ingredients on Studio Kitchen and it is not hard to see why. They are so versatile and delicious, they make great pie & crumble fillings, toppings for cakes and cake be eaten simply poached with cream. Plus, they work great in savoury dishes where they can transform a salad or even improve a stew. |
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If you love pears as much as we do, and want to try some familiar and outside of the box, recipes that hero this amazing fruit… then read on. Enjoy your weekend, Cat & Daz xx |
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Choose pears in season that are not too firm but not too ripe either, this makes all the difference to the result. Ripe fruit will stay hard and discolour and not have the sweetness we are looking for, while ripe pears will become mushy quite quickly. |
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In this recipe we have used citrus zest and cinnamon to infuse the syrup, but you can add your own aromatics, spices or flavours to infuse into the syrup. Some of the more familiar inclusions could be vanilla, cloves, star anise or a combo of your favourites. |
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Daz has co-created the ‘Hunt with Darren’ series with AmazingCo, and there's a special giveaway running now. Book a ‘Hunt with Darren’ experience for an experience date on or before 2 August 2026, and place your booking by 23:59 AEST on 31 July 2026, to be entered into the draw to win: one sandwich press, one signed copy of his cookbook Lamingtons & Lemon Tart, and one personalised Cameo video from him. One prize pack will be awarded. The winner is drawn on 3rd August 2026 and published at amazingco.me/aus. |
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Happy baking, Daz & Cat x |
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