Pears at the Fair
For the last two days of the state fair, I cooked with pears in the California Foodstyle building. If you saw the show, these are the recipes: Pear-Blue Cheese Pizza Fruit Crisp Cheesy Pear Quiche Mache, Pear, and Avocado Salad
Fruit Crisp
Hands off: 35 minutes You can’t get much faster than this versatile crisp. Practically any fruit works well in this—fresh or frozen. I like to use pears, apricots, or mixed berries. If you do use berries, though, substitute white sugar for the brown in the filling. Serves 4 to 6 5 cups fresh or frozen [...]
Cheesy Pear Quiche
Hands off: 30 minutes I love to eat soufflés, and one of my favorite recipes is in the classic cookbook The Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen. However, soufflés are not exactly Hands Off, so I developed this quiche version. You can certainly make your own crust, but the frozen deep-dish crusts in most grocery [...]
Pear–Blue Cheese Pizza
Hands off: 10 minutes Pears and blue cheese are a natural flavor combination, complemented here by toasted walnuts and—the surprise ingredient—honey. This is not a dessert pizza, but a wonderful change of pace from the usual tomato sauce version. Use unbaked pizza dough available in many grocery stores or buy it from your favorite pizza [...]
