6 poached pears with marsala and Recipes

bartlett pears , about 8 oz. each, holland house marsala cooking wine, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, vanilla ice cream, toasted pecans (optional)

very large firm ripe pears, stems on, sweet marsala, cinnamon-sugar

water, honey, vanilla beans , split lengthwise, firm but ripe bosc or bartlett pears, peeled, cored, halved, heavy cream , plus 2 cups, egg yolks, sugar, prepared lb cake, about 12 oz, crusts trimmed, ruby port or marsala wine, fresh or frozen and thawed raspberries, sugar, bittersweet chocolate shavings

dessert pears, peeled but left whole and with stalks intact, marsala, water, soft brown sugar, stem ginger, finely chopped, lemons or 1 piece orange rind, vanilla pod, double cream, icing sugar