5 kitchen upside Recipes

hard anjou or bosc pears, peeled, cored and quartered, freshly grated nutmeg, juice from 1 lemon (2 to 3 tbsp), unsalted butter, salt, granulated sugar, pure vanilla extract1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped crystalized ginger, all-purpose flour , for dusting, pie crust, recipe follows, or 2 refrigerated store-bought crusts , rolled together, creme fraiche , for serving, optional, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch chunks, ice water

unsalted butter, plus more for preparing the pan, dark brown sugar, dark rum, fresh pineapple, peeled, cake flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, fine salt, unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), at room temperature, sugar, eggs, at room temperature, whole milk, at room temperature

unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan, sugar, peaches or nectarines, pitted and cut into 6 wedges each, all-purpose flour, whole almonds, baking powder, salt, eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, whole milk, vanilla ice cream , for serving (optional)

unsalted butter, in small pieces, plus more for the cooker, dark brown sugar , plus for lining the cooker, dark rum, ripe medium bananas (about 6), peeled and halved lengthwise, cake flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, fine salt, unsalted butter, softened (1/2 stick), sugar, egg, at room temperature, egg yolk, at room temperature, whole milk, at room temperature, ice cream for serving