6 cabernet poached with Recipes

unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for the pan, dark brown sugar , packed, granulated sugar, pure vanilla extract, eggs, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, salt, all-purpose flour, sugar , for dusting, firm pears (such as anjou, bartlett or bosc), robust red wine (such as cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc or merlot), sugar, vanilla bean , cut in half lengthwise, whole cinnamon stick, peel from 1 orange, peel from 1 lemon, star anise, whole bay leaf, heavy cream, sugar, ground cinnamon

flank steak, cabernet sauvignon wine, beef bouillon cubes or 1 vegetable bouillon cubes or 1 tsp bouillon, paste, garlic clove, onion, thinly sliced, oregano, thyme, black peppercorns, bay leaf, dijon mustard, french haricots vert or 1 lb green beans, fresh cracked pepper, coarse salt

veal demiglace or stock, tawny port, dry red wine such as cabernet sauvignon, vanilla bean , halved lengthwise, cracked black pepper, seedless red grapes (on stems ), raw grade a duck foie gras at room temperature, cleaned and deveined, kosher salt, accompaniments: sea salt , sliced country loaf, and grape chutney

bronzino , about 1 to 1 and a half lb each, scaled and gutted and gilled and with the fins removed, but, dry red wine , eg. cabernet sauvignon, water, apple , crisp and sweet such as a gala, cored and quartered, fresh dill, fresh tarragon, fresh cilantro, sweet onion, peeled and quartered, salt, black pepper, lemon , wedged (optional), cilantro, dill , and, tarragon, for garnish (optional)