Creative chefs use delicious pears to make all kinds of gourmet dishes

Creative chefs use delicious pears to make all kinds of gourmet dishes

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In Miaoli, farmers are cultivating a delicious variety of grafted pear with the brand name "Dahu Zun Pears." The yield this year was unaffected by the recent stormy weather and was up to 40% higher than last year in a bumper crop. Chefs are getting creative and are using the pears to make the likes of gourmet pork cutlets, Thai seafood salad, soups and tasty fruit smoothies. Miaoli County Commissioner Chung Tung-chin ate his fill, trying out all the dishes.

Miaoli County Commissioner Chung Tung-chin savors a Dahu Zun Pear feast, which includes Dahu Zun Pear cordon bleu pork cutlets, Thai seafood salad and pear and mango slushies for dessert. This prompted him to exclaim how delicious it was.

Chung Tung-chin
Miaoli County Commissioner
You have to try it yourself to know how delicious it is. It’s really crispy, with a great texture and delicate flesh. Best of all, the sweetness is just right, giving it a very refreshing taste.

Besides eating them as a fruit, a chef shares that these pears can also be used to make soup.

Yu Kuo-cheng
Chef
Stewing pears with white fungus is quite soothing for the throat in winter, and it’s also refreshing and thirst-quenching when eaten chilled in summer.

Dahu Zun Pears come in three varieties: Fengshui pear, Xinxing pear, and Ganlu pear. Currently, the Ganlu pear is in most demand during the harvest season, with the highest sweetness reaching around 13 or 14 degrees Brix.

Hsu Chih-heng
Pear farmer
The quality this year is quite good, and the sweetness is at an even higher level than last year. The yield is also much higher this year, probably by about 30% to 40% more.

Boxes of freshly harvested Ganlu pears are now on the market. This year’s pear harvest is bountiful, with each pear averaging over 500g, and some even reaching 1.5kg. Now is the perfect time to eat pears!

#Cookingwithpears #Taiwanpears #Dahuzunpears #Miaolicuisine #Miaolifoods

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躲過颱風大豐收! 苗栗大湖尊梨上市鍾東錦來嘗鮮

2026-09-02

苗栗大湖鄉的高接梨自有品牌「大湖尊梨」正值產期，目前以甘露梨為大宗，躲過兩次颱風侵襲，不僅果粒大顆，一手無法掌握，今年產量還比去年多了三到四成，可以說是大豐收，除了可以直接削皮，當水果吃，還可以入菜，縣長鍾東錦也來嘗鮮，推薦大家要親自品嘗，才知道多好吃！

苗栗縣長鍾東錦仔細品嘗大湖尊梨梨子大餐，有大湖尊梨藍帶豬排，還有泰式海鮮，飯後還有水梨加芒果打成的冰沙，讓縣長直呼好好吃！

[[縣長鍾東錦]]
“一定要親自品嘗，你才會知道多好吃，真的是很脆，然後口感很好，肉質也夠細，最棒的是甜度非常恰當，吃起來非常的清爽”

除了當水果吃，廚師分享，也可以燉湯喝。

[[廚師游國誠]]
“用銀耳來燉(梨)湯的話，冬天到了的話蠻潤喉，如果夏天的話，你吃冰的也蠻清爽，消暑解渴”

大湖尊梨有豐水梨、新興梨還有甘露梨三個品種，目前產季主要以甘露梨為最大宗，甜度最高可以達到13、14度左右。

[[梨農徐智恆]]
“今年的品質還不錯，甜度也比去年還要高，然後今年產量也是多蠻多出來的，可能多有三、四成左右”

一箱箱剛採收的甘露梨，新鮮上市，今年梨子大豐收，平均每顆都有一台斤以上，有的還可達到三台斤，此時吃梨正對時！

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