or make a simple shandy by mixing beer with lemonade or ginger ale. Our go-to beer cocktail is Brewsky Sangria, which is made with pear puree, lemon juice, triple sec and beer. Stir in sliced ...

My mother reminded me that my grandmother used to make pear and ginger jam with pears ... them through a non-metallic sieve. Weigh the pear puree and add 150g sugar for each 500g of puree.

Use any kind of pear; windfalls and firm ones are fine. Demerara sugar adds a good crunch to the topping, as well as flavour. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. To make the crumble topping ...