10 fresh vanilla bean dessert Recipes

late-harvest riesling or other dessert wine, orange rind, fresh orange juice, sugar, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, halved strawberries, orange sections, mint sprigs (optional)

sugar, light corn syrup, heavy cream, unsalted butter, kosher salt or coarse sea salt, sweet riesling or other sweet wine (not dessert wine), sugar, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, peaches, halved, pitted, vanilla ice cream, fresh raspberries

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)

milk, vanilla bean (or 1 tsp vanilla extract), egg yolks, sugar, unflavored gelatin (powder form), cold water, heavy cream, raspberries (fresh or frozen ), sugar, red burgundy wine

sugar, superfine sugar, egg whites, chocolate pastry cream (see following recipe and directions), fresh strawberries or 1 cup blackberries or 1 cup pitted cherries (, or any fresh berries that you like!), cornstarch, milk, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, egg, egg yolk, sugar, dark semi-sweet chocolate, grated

fresh peaches, dessert wine or white wine, water, granulated sugar, vanilla bean, split in 1/2 and seeds scraped, fresh raspberries , picked over, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla bean ice cream , recipe follows, or good quality store bought vanilla, for serving, whole fresh raspberries, for garnish, mint sprigs, for garnish, heavy cream, milk, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, egg yolks, sugar

sugar, light corn syrup, heavy cream, unsalted butter, kosher salt, sweet riesling wine (not dessert wine), sugar, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, ripe peaches, halved pitted, vanilla ice cream, fresh raspberries

pears, peeled, halved, cored, essencia or other sweet dessert wine, vanilla bean, shelled unsalted pistachios (about 3 oz), sugar, unsalted butter, room temperature, egg, frozen puff pastry sheets (1 17 1/4-oz package), thawed, egg, beaten to blend (glaze), chopped pistachios, fresh mint leaves