8 poached pears with stuffing and Recipes

port poached pears, fruity red wine , such as zinfandel or barbera, ruby or lbv vintage port, sugar, cinnamon stick, broken, bartlett or bosc pears, peeled, cored and quartered, wild rice stuffing, water, wild rice, salt, quartered fresh seedless grapes, rosemary walnuts, butter, walnut halves, crumbled, dried rosemary, cayenne pepper, salt to taste, blue cheese, crumbled blue cheese, cream cheese, at room temperature

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

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

chai tea, boiling water, sugar, pears, peeled and cored, mascarpone cheese, vanilla, crystallized ginger, orange , zest of, heavy cream

fruity red wine, port wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, broken, pears, peeled, cored and quartered, water, wild rice, salt, quartered fresh seedless grapes, rosemary walnuts, butter, walnut halves, crumbled dried rosemary, cayenne pepper, salt, blue cheese, crumbled blue cheese, cream cheese, at room temperature

full-bodied red wine such as zinfandel, sugar, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, canela (see tips, below ), anise seeds, grated lemon zest, whole anjou pears, peeled, cored , and hollowed (see tips, below), unsalted butter or margarine, pecans, chopped, dried apricots, chopped, light brown sugar, unsalted butter or margarine, semisweet chocolate, chopped, egg yolks, dry white wine, sugar, chile powder, fresh raspberries, six mint sprigs