Jellied Pear Salad

Make a lemon jelly and pour over slices of DEL MONTE Canned Pears and chopped celery arranged in individual molds. Set aside until firm and serve on lettuce with mayonnaise.

Pear And Cheese Salad

Fill the hollow in the center of the halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears with soft cream cheese. Arrange on lettuce leaves and serve with French dressing.

Pear Fritters

Roll halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears in fine seasoned crumbs, to which melted butter substitute has been added in proportion of 1 tablespoon to each cup of crumbs. Bake in a moderate oven until brown.

Baked Pears

Arrange 6 halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears in a shallow greased baking dish. Pour over them the juice of 1/2 a lemon and 1/2 cup of sirup from the pears. Cover with soft crumbs, sprinkle lightly with brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1/2 cup of DEL MONTE Seedless Raisins, dot with a little butter substitute, and bake until crumbs are brown.

Pear And Cheese Pudding

Put alternate layers of DEL MONTE Canned Pears cut in pieces, and soft crumbs in a greased baking dish, using 1 1/4 cups (1/2 can) of pears and about 1 1/2 cups of crumbs. Sprinkle each layer of pears with 1 tablespoon of grated cheese. Pour over 1/2 cup of sirup from the pears and bake 35 minutes.

Jellied Pears And Almonds

Arrange 6 halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears in a serving dish. Press the halves of 4 blanched almonds into each pear. Moisten 2 tablespoons of cornstarch with 3 tablespoons of cold water and stir into 1 cup of hot sirup from the pears and 1/2 cup of hot water. Cook until thick and clear, and add the juice of 1/2 lemon. Pour over the pears and set aside until firm.

Frozen Pears

Drain the sirup from 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Pears, measure, and add water to make 1 1/2 cups of liquid, and add juice of 1 orange and 1/2 lemon. Freeze and when nearly done stir in 3/4 cup (1/3 can) of the drained pears cut in pieces, and pack for at least 1 hour.