6 pan roasted pears Recipes

ripe but firm pears, quartered and cored (bartlett, bosc, anjou), sugar, salt and pepper, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, divided, olive oil, shallot, minced, sugar plus 1/2 tsp, salt, fresh ground pepper, green leaf lettuce, washed, dried and torn into 1-inch pieces, watercress, washed, dried, and stemmed (about 4 cups), parmesan cheese, shaved into thin slices with a vegetable peeler, pecans, toasted and chopped

beef tenderloin fillets, salt, pepper, butter or margarine, olive oil, bartlett pears, peeled and halved, madeira wine, garlic clove, pressed, dried thyme, blue cheese

pheasant breasts, removed from the bone with skin and wing tip attached (use, pheasant breasts if small), sugar, salt, cold water, unsalted butter, diced shallots, vanilla bean , split lengthwise in half and scraped to gather the vanilla seeds, dry white wine , preferably chardonnay, pear cider, heavy cream, preserved ginger, minced, salt, freshly ground black pepper, dry red wine, honey, coriander seed, toasted and crushed fine, anjou pears (reds preferably), halved, cored and sliced into 1/2-inch thick slices, rice pilaf , formed into a cylinder in a gelatin mold, snipped fresh chives, chives blades, for garnish

kosher salt, honey, water, juniper berries, rosemary, peppercorns, bay leaf, garlic , smashed, rack of pork ( pork loin roast with 4 rib bones), frenched (ribs scraped clean of meat and fat), skin-on and scored in a 1-inch diamond pattern, oil, for pan, shallot, chopped, granny smith apple, peeled and diced, bosc pear, peeled and diced, dried cranberries, orange juice, apple cider, brown sugar, dijon mustard, chopped fresh rosemary leaves, salt, freshly ground black pepper, cayenne pepper , about 1/8 tsp