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n. - Greenish-yellow pear.

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Usage examples (26)
  • I serve it with a spinich salad with bosc pears, brie cheese, pecans and cucumber.
  • A simple and elegant cheese and fruit course are ripe bosc pears served with belpaesa cheese.
  • Firm pears, like bosc (I used firm Anjou pears today), hold their shape very well during cooking, so they can stand dramatically upright on a serving plate when it is...
  • I thought these tiers of bosc pears in wicker baskets were so pretty.
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