8 traditional pear Recipes

unbaked 9-inch pie crust, pears, rinsed and cored, thickly sliced, zest and juice of 1 lemon, wild or red mixed berries (your choice), fresh or frozen (unthawed), red berries or strawberry jam, ground cinnamon, ground cardamom, lightly ground quick-cooking or traditional oats, light brown sugar (up to 3/4 if you like it very sweet)

cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunks, pears, peeled, cored and cut into chunks, plums, halved and stoned, fresh gingerroot , bruised and tied in a muslin bag, sugar, lemon , juice and zest of, grated, butter (optional)

light molasses, melted butter, warm milk, eggs, beaten, all-purpose flour , plus additional for tossing fruit, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, candied mixed fruit (or diced dried fruit such as pineapple, pears, apples, and plums), raisins, brandy, holly sprig, for garnish, hard sauce , recipe follows, butter, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, brandy or rum

apples, peeled, cored, cut into chunks, water, lemon juice, honey, cinnamon , to taste (optional), nutmeg , to taste (optional)

dried pears, cut into 1/2-inch chunks, dried figs, cut into 1/2-inch chunks, dried prunes or 1 cup dried plum, roughly chopped, raisins or 1/2 cup sultana, candied orange peel, diced, candied lemon peel, diced, kirschwasser or 1/4 cup rum, water, granulated sugar, active dry yeast, unbleached whole wheat flour, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, vanilla (or seeds scraped from 1 bean), blanched almond, roughly chopped, walnuts, broken into large chunks, hazelnuts (some may be halved, leave others whole), butter

light molasses, melted butter, warm milk, eggs, beaten, all-purpose flour , plus additional for tossing fruit, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, candied mixed fruit (or diced dried fruit such as pineapple, pears, apples, and plums), raisins, brandy, holly sprig, for garnish, hard sauce , recipe follows, butter, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, brandy or rum