Fricassee of Onions, Potatoes, and Green Pears

Name: Fricassee of Onions, Potatoes, and Green Pears (Fricassée d’Oignons, Pommes de Terre, et Poires Vertes)
Yield: Yield 6 to 8 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 large, unripe, unpeeled Bose pears, halved then cut crosswise into ¼-inch slices; 4 large onions, peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick; Pepper from the mill; Salt; 6 cooked Red Bliss potatoes, peeled and cut into ¼-inch slices; Butter as needed

Fricassée d’Oignons, Pommes de Terre, et Poires Vertes

Preparation info

Yield
6 to 8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Savoie

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1989

About

This was another one of Mélanie’s specials; the pears came from the verger, or orchard, in back of the house. Our hard American Bose pears should be very good in this dish. For white as well as wild meats.

Ingredients

Butter as needed
4 large onions, peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick
4 large, unripe, unpeeled Bose pears, halved then cut crosswi

Europe
France
Side dish
Savoie
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet; in it sauté the onions on medium heat until translucent. Then raise the heat and brown them lightly. Remove the onions to a plate.

In the same butter, and adding a tablespoon or so more if needed, brown the pear slices until they mellow a bit but still stay crunchy. Remove to the same plate as the onions.

Still in the same skillet and t