582 pear recipes

Hearty mushroom barley soup with fall-off-the-bone short ribs and fresh dill creates a soul-warming one-pot meal for cold evenings.

Brandy Beef Bourguignon: French-style braised beef with red wine, brandy, pearl onions, mushrooms, and herbs. Marinated for hours, simmered slow into silk-tender bites.

Velvety mushroom barley soup with a clever trick: half the barley gets pureed with sauteed mushrooms for extra body. Lightened up with skim evaporated milk and a splash of dry vermouth.

Baked barley casserole with sauteed mushrooms and onions in chicken broth. Pearl barley absorbs the savory broth as it bakes, turning tender and chewy with a nutty flavor.

Mushroom and short rib soup with pearl barley, thyme, and sherry. A hearty, slow-simmered beef soup with chewy barley and earthy mushrooms in every bowl.

Hearty lentil, rice, and barley soup with corn, evaporated milk, and sweet basil, topped with cottage cheese. A thick, creamy vegetarian grain soup with serious staying power.

Pearl barley pilaf simmered in chicken broth with green peas, sauteed onion, garlic, and a splash of soy sauce. A hearty whole grain side dish ready in 40 minutes.

Butternut squash soup with honey and a roasted barley risotto center, a restaurant-plated autumn soup where creamy risotto sits in the middle of a pool of silky squash soup. Elegant fall entertaining in a bowl.

Rice and Italian sausage stuffing with raisins, mustard greens, Parmesan, sage, thyme, and rosemary. A bread-free stuffing for a 10-12 pound turkey, make-ahead friendly.

It definitely warmed me up instantly, a perfect dinner on a cold winter day. I used beef stock to increase the depth of flavour, and it certainly did the job. The soup was very tasty and loaded with nutrients from barley and beans. Made a large pot, and froze the remaining soup.

A big-batch chowder with chicken, pearl barley, crumbled bacon, potatoes, carrots, corn, and peas in a creamy evaporated milk broth. One pot, feeds a crowd, and warms you to the bone.

Paula's vegetable barley stew combines pearl barley with lentils, cabbage, tomatoes, and green chilies in a vegetable stock base. Hearty, high-fiber, and vegan with warm cumin-oregano spicing.

Homemade chicken barley soup with pearl barley, carrots, celery, onion, and sage. Made from scratch with a whole chicken simmered into the broth for deep homestyle flavor.

Lime-honey marinated chicken breast grilled on skewers with fresh papaya, pineapple chunks, pearl onions, and green pepper. A low-calorie tropical kabob that is pure summer on a stick.

Hamburger barley soup loaded with carrots, celery, onions, and tomatoes in a beefy broth. A one-pot meal that simmers for an hour until the barley turns tender and chewy.

Hearty barley soup with smoky diced ham, butter-sauteed mushrooms, carrots, celery, and a warm hint of allspice. A bowl of pure cold-weather comfort.