Asian pear / snow pear

雪梨

clears heatmoistens the lungsresolves phlegm生津燥咳、聲沙咽乾恩物

A crisp, juicy Asian pear with pale skin and snowy flesh, cored and cut with the peel on for the pot. Slow simmering draws out a delicate sweetness that defines autumn moistening soups and sweet waters with apple, fig or almond kernels.

TCM properties

Nature · cooling　Flavour · sweet、sour　Meridians · lung、stomach

Traditional food therapy

In Cantonese food therapy snow pear is used to clear heat, moisten the lungs, transform phlegm and generate fluids — the traditional answer to autumn dryness, a parched throat and a strained voice.

Cautions — read first

Take care with a cold cough (thin, clear white phlegm) or a weak, cold spleen and stomach

Preparation

Core it and cut into pieces with the skin on.

Origin

河北（趙縣雪花梨、泊頭鴨梨）著名 — Australian Asian pears (nashi) are locally grown and substitute well

Availability in Australia

Common at Asian grocers · A$6.09–6.09 / kg
Asian pears ~1-1.2kg pack, sale (was $9.29)

Pairs well with

Apple Tendrilleaf fritillary bulb Sea coconut slices Dried fig Sweet apricot kernel Bitter apricot kernel Candied honey date Bamboo sugarcane (thin green cane)Water chestnut Monk fruit Honey

Soups that use this ingredient · 4

Double-boiled pear with rock sugar (with fritillary for cough)A$2–7

冰糖燉雪梨 (川貝燉雪梨)

moistens the lungssoothes coughclears heatAutumn

街市Asian pear / snow pear· 1 to 2百子櫃Rock sugar· to taste百子櫃Tendrilleaf fritillary bulb· 8 g (2 mace)

“The pot Ah Ma keeps for her night owls.”

Glehnia root, Solomon's seal, pear and snow fungus soup with pork ribsA$18–21

沙參玉竹雪梨雪耳排骨湯

nourishes yinmoistens the lungsrelieves drynessAutumnSpring

百子櫃Glehnia root· 40 g (1 tael)百子櫃Solomon's seal rhizome· 40 g (1 tael)街市Asian pear / snow pear· 2街市Apple· 1百子櫃Snow fungus· 20 g (5 mace)百子櫃Sweet apricot kernel· 20 g (5 mace)… +2

“The pot Ah Ma keeps for her night owls.”

Apple, pear and fig soup with lean porkA$13–17

蘋果雪梨無花果瘦肉湯

moistens the lungsrelieves drynesssoothes coughAutumnAll year

街市Apple· 2街市Asian pear / snow pear· 2百子櫃Dried fig· 4百子櫃Sweet apricot kernel· 40 g (1 tael) of 南杏 and 北杏 combined百子櫃Bitter apricot kernel· 40 g (1 tael) of 南杏 and 北杏 combined百子櫃Candied honey date· 2… +1

“The pot Ah Ma keeps for her night owls.”

Double-boiled lean pork with apple and Chinese pearA$12–17

蘋果雪梨燉瘦肉

moistens the lungssoothes coughrelieves dryness3h slow fireAutumnAll year

街市Apple· 2街市Asian pear / snow pear· 2百子櫃Sweet apricot kernel· 20 g百子櫃Bitter apricot kernel· 8 g百子櫃Dried fig· 3街市Lean pork· 300 g… +1

“The pot Ah Ma keeps for her night owls.”