4 apple and pear gratin Recipes

golden delicious apples, firm-ripe bartlett or comice pears, lemon (about 6 oz.), rinsed, sugar, dried currants, rum (optional), anise or almond biscotti or shortbread cookies, melted butter, ground cinnamon, whipping cream, vanilla ice cream or slightly sweetened softly whipped cream

eggs, egg yolks, sugar, dark rum, vanilla extract, flour, heavy cream, red apple (such as fuji, gala or rome beauty), ripe pear (anjou or barlett)

sliced apples or 2 cups pears or 2 cups strawberries or 2 cups blueberries or 2 cups peaches or 2 cups apricots, etc, your choice, canadian swiss cheese, sliced, honey, ground cinnamon