Fermented Pears Recipe

Fermented food doesn’t need to be expensive to buy or time consuming to make. These fermented pears or peaches use 5 ingredients and take less than 5 minutes of hands-on time!

Now if you grew up in the 80s or 90s you’d recall eating tinned pears/peaches for dessert, right?! Well fermented pears and peaches taste just like it, but without the sugar, and these are jam-packed with probiotics.

They're so easy to make - just fruit and whey.

You can use any fruit that's in season - my fave fruits to ferment are peaches, pears, strawberries and bananas.

They ferment within 24-48 hours and are slightly fizzy. You can serve them with porridge or yoghurt, throw them in smoothies, top them on salads or add them to a cheese platter!

INGREDIENTS

5 pears or peaches, peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons of whey (you get whey from making labneh, strained yoghurt - recipe is here)

Optional - 2-3 cinnamon sticks

Note: Whey is the watery liquid that seperates from yoghurt; you're left with whey you make labneh

METHOD

1.Place pears in a jar (add the cinnamon sticks if you're using them)

2.Add in the whey and fill up the rest of the jar with filtered water

3.You want the pears completely submerged in liquid - you can use a small glass container/weight to keep the pears down. NB: I often use cinnamon sticks to push the pears down

4.4. Place a breathable cloth (a chux) over the top and give them 24-48 hours to ferment. You'll see the liquid is fizzy when they're good to be eaten or put in the fridge