9 champagne poached pears Recipes

champagne, preferably pink (about 3 1/2 cups), sugar, zest of 1/4 lemon, rose water (optional), vanilla bean , split lengthwise (optional), pears (such as bosc) or 4 small (such as seckel), peeled (firm, slightly underripe work best)

bosc or bartlett pears, champagne or sparkling wine, orange juice, cinnamon stick, garnish: orange and lemon rind strips

sugar, juice of 1 lemon, bosc pears, peeled, crumbled stilton cheese, natural cream cheese (such as gina marie), softened, champagne vinegar, honey to taste, fresh chopped thyme leaves, extra virgin olive oil, corn oil, kosher salt and white pepper to taste, organic mache lettuce, heads white and red belgian endive, leaves separated, fresh chives, walnuts, toasted and chopped

your favorite dry champagne or sparkling wine, sugar, lemon juice, saffron threads, zest of 1 orange, vanilla bean, split and scraped, firm pears (such as bosc) or 4 small (such as seckle), peeled or partially peeled.

port wine, chopped basic mirepoix, crumbled maytag blue cheese, chopped roasted walnuts, poached pears , cored from the bottom leaving the stem intact, prepared puff pastry sheets 8 by 10 inches, split in half, egg wash--1 egg mixed with 1 tsp water, roasted walnut pieces, snipped chives, sugar, water, vanilla bean, champagne, pears, peeled

egg yolks, sugar, sparkling wine, poached pears , recipe follows