3 pistachio anglaise Recipes

zinfandel, whole black peppercorns, vanilla bean, split and scraped, orange zest, plus more for garnish, cardamom pods, granulated sugar, ripe pears , such as anjou or bartlett, peeled, mascarpone, room temperature, toasted, crushed pistachios, mint leaves, for garnish, creme anglaise, optional for garnish

bittersweet chocolate, chopped, unsalted butter , cut into pieces, roughly chopped, toasted pistachios, cold heavy cream, orange creme anglaise , recipe follows, candied almond slivers , recipe follows, half-and-half, vanilla bean , split lengthwise and seeds scraped, freshly grated orange zest, egg yolks, sugar, orange-flavored liqueur, almond slivers, sugar