16 fresh pear desserts Recipes

firm ripe anjou pears (2 3/4 lb), peeled, vino santo or other sweet dessert wine, sugar, fresh orange juice, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, juniper berries, cinnamon stick, creme fraiche (optional), ground cinnamon (optional)

no-soak pitted prunes, roughly chopped, warm tea, lemon juice, ripe dessert pears, fresh breadcrumbs, butter, melted, phyllo pastry sheets, apricot preserves, walnut pieces, icing sugar , to dust

unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing, fresh breadcrumbs, plus extra, pears, peeled and sliced (2 medium), apples, peeled and sliced (2 medium), sugar, golden raisins, sweet dessert wine (torcolato), whole milk, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, eggs, lemon , zest of, only, salt, sugar, seedless grapes

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

pears in syrup, port wine, sugar, star anise , optional, cinnamon stick, ground , or ground cinnamon, to taste, vanilla extract, fresh rosemary, lemon, juiced, orange , zested, raspberry filling, fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

sparkling white grape-flavored jell-o, sweet muscat wine (such as quady essensia) or other sweet dessert wine, water, seltzer or club soda, ripe pears, peeled, cored, chopped, fresh mint sprigs (optional)

a selection of your favorite dessert wines, such as: sweet sherry , port, vin santo, riesling, asti spumante, store bought semisweet cookies , such as almond toasts or biscotti, fresh red or green seedless grapes, ripe pears, assorted dried fruit : apricots, dates, figs

seedless grapes (black, red, or green ), triple-creme cheese , like gourmandise with kirsh or walnut, st. andre, or camembert, bosc pears, sliced, sweet whole wheat biscuits

sugar, muscat de beaune de venise, or other sweet , white dessert white, such as white port or sauternes, fresh raspberries, heavy cream, melted bittersweet chocolate, dried pears , recipe follows, sugar, water, fresh lemon juice, ground cardamom, ripe, firm pears, stems removed

firm-ripe bartlett pears, raisins, chopped, light brown sugar, grated fresh orange zest, grated fresh lemon zest, sauternes or other white dessert wine, egg yolks, granulated sugar, madeleines

sauternes wine or other sweet dessert wine, water, sugar, cinnamon, bosc pears, lemon juice, crumbled gorgonzola, softened at room temperature, cream cheese, softened at room temperature, honey, salt, freshly ground black pepper, lightly toasted chopped walnuts

mango pulp, fresh milk, full cream milk powder, sugar, china grass (fully set), mango essence, fresh cream, dessert apples, peeled and diced, pear, peeled and diced, mango, peeled and diced, watermelon, diced, banana, diced, strawberries, diced, salt, ginger juice, lemon juice

grain thai jasmine sticky rice, cooked , method follows, granulated sugar, palm sugar or light brown sugar, pandanus leaves or 1 to 2 drops orange or almond extract, fresh unsweetened coconut milk, pandanus leaves or 1 to 2 drops orange or almond extract, granulated sugar, sea salt, fresh unsweetened coconut cream, sliced, mango , pears, peaches and kiwis

essencia (or other sweet dessert wine), fresh pink grapefruit juice (from about 6 grapefruits), sugar, light corn syrup, grenadine syrup, grated pink grapefruit peel, fresh or frozen cranberries, water, tawny port, sugar, ripe pears, peeled, quartered, cored, gewurztraminer or other dry white wine, sugar, light corn syrup, fresh mint leaves