10 braised red and pears Recipes

red wine, good, tawny port , 10 year old, orange juice, freshly squeezed, orange peel, sugar , may use up to 1/2 cup more, cinnamon stick, anise seed, bosc pears , sauce may handle up to 6 pears, vanilla ice cream, good

meaty beef neck bones, olive oil plus additional for brushing, chopped onions (about 1 1/4 lb), diced celery, diced carrots, chopped peeled fresh ginger, garlic cloves, chopped, dry red wine, whole fresh italian parsley sprigs plus chopped for garnish, fresh thyme sprigs, fresh rosemary sprigs, turkish bay leaves, juniper berries, feet , split in half lengthwise, beef broth (preferably organic ), all purpose flour, ripe unpeeled bartlett pears, halved, cored, each half cut into 4 wedges

pears, peeled and coarsely chopped, bacon drippings or vegetable oil, apple juice, head red cabbage, chopped, salt, ground ginger, pepper, butter or margarine

olive oil, sliced onion, separated into rings, sliced red cabbage, red wine vinegar, sugar, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, sliced peeled anjou pear (about 2 pears), salt, black pepper

ripe firm bosc pears, peeled ,stems intact, dry red wine, water, sugar, lemon , juice of (about 2 tbsp.), cinnamon stick, 3 to 4 inches long,halved

duck legs* (about 2 3/4 lb total , cut from two 5 1/2- to 6-lb ducks), a 750-ml. bottle light fruity red wine such as pinot noir (about 3 1/4 cups), a bouquet garni of 10 lightly crushed juniper berries**, 3 whole cloves, a 4- by 1 inch strip orange zest, and 1 bay leaf tied together in a cheesecloth bag, vegetable oil, carrot, cut into 1/4-inch dice, celery rib, cut into 1/4-inch dice, onion , cut 1/4-inch dice, fresh parsley sprigs plus 1 tbsp minced leaves, onions, halved or quartered, ripe bosc pears, unsalted butter, fresh lemon juice, honey, salt, a beurre manie made by rubbing together 2 tbsp softened unsalted butter and 2 tbsp all-purpose flour, garnish: parsley sprigs, available in spice section of supermarkets

denver leg of venison, cleaned and left in muscle groups, or a 1 lb portion of a loin, see cook s note, black peppercorns, juniper berries, fennel seeds, dried thyme, olive oil , plus 2 tablespoons, milk, ground dried mushrooms (use a spice mill), flour, egg, beaten, minced mixed fresh thyme , flat leaf parsley, and chives, salt, ground white pepper, fresh chanterelles, cleaned, dried, and halved or quartered to be roughly the same size, fennel seeds, juniper berries, unsalted butter , plus 2 tablespoons, yellow onion, halved vertically and cut into half moons, head red cabbage, cored and thinly sliced, salt, freshly ground black pepper, pear brandy, pear or apple cider, anjou , french butter or bosc pear, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

baguettes (1 1/2 lb total), cut into 1/2-inch dice, malmsey madeira, dried currants, unsalted butter, softened, fresh sage leaves, extra-virgin olive oil, garlic cloves, thinly sliced, sliced prosciutto , cut into thin strips, red onions, minced, salt and freshly ground pepper, bosc pears, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice, eggs, lightly beaten, rich turkey stock or low-sodium broth, fresh 18-lb turkey, at room temperature, all-purpose flour