Chilled Korean Pear with Ginger Honey Syrup

Chilled Korean pear slices shine under a simmered ginger-honey syrup, bright with lemon and finished with pine nuts. It echoes Pepper Paste Before First Snow, when late Joseon villages raced kimjang against the first freeze.

Serves 2

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Ingredients

• 1 large Korean pear
• 3 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp grated ginger
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp thinly sliced scallion greens
• 2 tbsp pine nuts

Instructions

1. 1Combine water, honey, grated ginger, and lemon juice in a small saucepan; simmer 5 minutes until slightly thickened, then chill.
2. 2Core and thinly slice the Korean pear.
3. 3Arrange pear slices on chilled plates and drizzle generously with the ginger honey syrup.
4. 4Garnish with toasted pine nuts and a few scallion greens for a bright finish.