Brunch

Spicy Pear Bread is for Breakfast.

Spicy Pear Bread takes 175 minutes to prepare.

Spicy Pear Bread takes 70 minutes to cook.

Spicy Pear Bread makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Spicy Pear Bread are:

1 cup diced dried pears
1 cup pear nectar
1/2 cup pear brandy like Poire Williams (you can also use a fruity dessert wine, or more pear nectar)
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cardamom
2 cups whole wheat bread flour
2 small pears, peeled and diced (I used Comice pears)
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 - 2 cups all purpose flour

Here is how you make Spicy Pear Bread:

Combine dried pears, pear nectar and pear brandy in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cook for 5-10 minutes, until the fruit is still somewhat firm but has begun to soften.Stir in the water, sugar and butter and set aside to cool to lukewarm.Meanwhile, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the yeast, ginger, cardamom, and whole wheat bread flour.Add the cooked pear mixture and the fresh pears, and mix on medium-low speed until combined. Add the salt and the all purpose flour and continue mixing to form a slightly sticky, stiff dough.Cover bowl and let rise 1 1/2 hours.Deflate the dough and turn into a well greased 9x5" loaf pan. Re-cover and let rise until it just crests the top of the pan, about 1 hour.Preheat the oven to 325F.Bake the loaf on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes, until temperature is 200F in the centre.Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.Serving Size: makes one 9x5" loaf, 16 slicesNumber of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Spicy Pear Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 200.1

• Total Fat: 1.3 g
• Cholesterol: 1.9 mg
• Sodium: 9.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 42.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
• Protein: 4.6 g

The dietary needs meet for Spicy Pear Bread is Vegetarian