Desserts

Combine wine, water, sugar and cinnamon in deep nonreactive saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer 5 min. Add pears and simmer 15 min, until just tender. Remove pears, draining them well, and place in bowl. Boil down liquid until it is reduced to 2 c and has become syrupy. Remove cinnamon stick. Pour liquid…

Mix almonds, butter and almond extract. Put pears into baking dish. Put filling in cavity. Pour sherry over and bake at 350 for 30 min. Serve hot or cold. Nuts, Almonds, chopped 0.25cButter 1 TAlmond Extract 2 dropsPears 4 halved & coredWine, Sherry 0.75c

Preheat oven to 375. Combine walnuts, cheese, and lemon juice in bowl, mashing together to make a paste. Peel, halve and core the pears. Stuff cavities w mix, mounding slightly. Place pears in shallow baking dish and pour wine around. Bake about 30 min, until tender. Allow to cool 20 min before serving. Nuts, Walnuts…

Peel pears, core and cut into vertical quarters. Toss w lemon juice. Set aside. In large saucepan, bring water, 1 c sugar, vanilla bean, star anise, bay leaves, and lemon peel to boil, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and gently simmer for 10 min. Add pears, cover and simmer of 10 min…

Sprinkle 1 c sugar in a large, heavy skillet. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly w wooden spoon, until sugar melts and turns light brown. Quickly pour hot caramel evenly into 6 (4 oz) ramekins, tilting each to coat; set aside. Peel, core, and chop pears. Combine pear, remaining 1/2 c sugar, vanilla, lemon rind,…

Preheat oven to 350. In small baking pan, toast pecans for 8-10 min or until golden. Set aside to cool. Transfer nuts to a food processor; add sugar and process until finely ground but not pasty. Transfer pecan-brown sugar mix to plate. In a large pot of boiling water, blanch the peaches for 30 seconds.…

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Gently rub the peaches under running water to remove fuzz, and slice peaches. (You will have about 4 cups.) Place butter in an 11- x 7-inch baking dish; place dish in oven until butter melts. Stir together flour, sugar, milk, and vanilla in a bowl, and pour onto melted butter. (Do…

Plunge peaches into boiling water; remove them and slip off their skins. Place in saucepan large enough to hold them in one layer. Cover w lemon juice, white wine, .5c sugar and cardamom, adding water if necessary. Poach for 10 min, turning frequently. Drain, reserving liquid. Boil liquid down to .5 c. Cook raspberries w…

To prepare meringue: heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and draw a circle on the paper using an 8- or 9- inch cake pan as a guide. Flip the parchment over so the pencil marking is facing down (this ensures that the pencil won’t transfer to the meringue). In…

Make curd: In a medium stainless steel saucepan, whisk together egg yolks, raspberries, sugar, corn starch, lemon juice and coconut oil until combined, if clumpy. Set pan over med-lo heat and cook, whisking constantly, until mis begins to bubble. Continue cooking and whisking until mix thickens slightly, 2-3 min. Off heat, use a rubber spatula…