5 european pear Recipes

crust: 1 1/3 cups flour, sugar, salt, lemon peel, softened butter, egg, filling: 2 8-oz. package. cream cheese, powdered sugar (or less , to taste), almond extract, lemon juice, vanilla extract, cream to thin, topping: 1 large can drained bartlett pears, drained peaches, pureed apricot jam, toasted slivered almonds

european salad greens, raspberry salad dressing, shrimp, cooked,shelled and deveined, pear halves in natural juice, drained and sliced, cucumber, slices halved, reduced-fat jarlsberg cheese , cut in matchstick strips, raspberries (to garnish ) (optional)

whole maine lobster tails, unsalted european butter (recommended : plugra), puff pastry rounds, egg wash, sea salt and freshly ground white pepper, grade a foie gras, heavy cream, truffle oil, salt and freshly ground white pepper, oil, shallots, garlic, lemongrass , bottoms of stalk, kaffir lime leaves, fuji apple diced, calvados premium liquor, thyme sprigs, parsley sprigs, veal stock, heavy cream, salt and freshly ground white pepper, unsalted european butter (recommended : plugra), lemon zest , to taste, bosc pear, minced, fuji apple, minced, sherry, sugar, port wine reduction, salt and freshly ground white pepper, vegetable oil, lotus chips, chive spears, rice noodles , for serving

vinaigrette dressing, red pears, washed,cored and diced, european-style mixed salad greens, oven roasted turkey breast , cut into strips, sunkist almond accents honey roasted sliced almonds, dried cranberries, crumbled gorgonzola or 1/3 cup blue cheese (optional), julienne-cut orange squash