Roasted Pears with Salt and Pepper Caramel Sauce

  0.0 – 0 reviews  • Dessert Level: Easy Total: 45 min Active: 45 min Yield: 6 servings Ingredients 3 ripe pears, such as Anjou 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon sea salt, plus more as needed 1/2 teaspoon … Read more

Pinot Grigio Poached Pears

  0.0 – 0 reviews  • Dessert Poached pears are a simple way to turn a bottle of wine and a handful of ripe, but still slightly firm, pears into a sensational dessert. The addition of lemon and anise play up the citrusy notes and give it a surprising, satisfying finish. Total: 1 hr 15 min Prep: … Read more

Bittersweet Chocolate and Pear Tart

  5.0 – 2 reviews  • Dessert Yield: Serves 12 Ingredients 3/4 cup 2% milk 1 tablespoon agave nectar Pinch of fine sea salt 8 ounces high-quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped 1 large egg, beaten 1 firm, ripe green Anjou pear, cored and thinly sliced em Crust: /em 4 ounces unsalted butter, melted 1 tablespoon unbleached sugar 3/4 … Read more

Pear Tarte Tatin

  3.3 – 6 reviews  • Dessert According to French culinary lore, one of the Tatin sisters dropped an apple tart on the floor and served it as it landed—in other words, upside down with the fruit on top! (I even read in one book that the tart fell down a flight of stairs.) An unlikely story, … Read more

Maple-Pear Upside Down Cake

  4.0 – 2 reviews  • Dessert Level: Intermediate Total: 1 hr 35 min Active: 40 min Yield: 8 to 10 servings Ingredients 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan 3 firm-ripe Bosc pears (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled and sliced into 8 wedges each 1 tablespoon plus 1 … Read more

Chocolate-Truffle Stuffed Pear Wreath

  5.0 – 1 reviews  • Dessert This beautiful tart will make a gorgeous centerpiece at your holiday party. Its lightly spiced pears wrapped in buttery puff pastry hide a surprise?a molten chocolate center. Level: Intermediate Total: 3 hr 5 min Active: 1 hr 5 min Yield: 6 servings Ingredients One 750-milliliter bottle dry red wine 1/4 … Read more

Pear Financiers

  3.5 – 2 reviews  • Dessert Level: Easy Total: 1 hr 40 min Active: 25 min Yield: 12 pear financiers Ingredients 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for the pan 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup almond flour 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 4 large … Read more

Poached Pears

  0.0 – 0 reviews  • Dessert Level: Easy Total: 1 hr Active: 10 min Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 3 cups red wine, such as Cabernet or Merlot 3/4 cup sugar 1 cinnamon stick 1 star anise 1 clove Zest of 1 orange 1 vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise 4 pears, such as Anjou, Bartlett or … Read more