Saute fresh Bartlett pear slices with precooked crumbled sausage. Arrange on toasted English muffins or crumpets. Sprinkle with cheese, heat, and serve.
Core whole fresh Bartlett pears or pear halves, leaving stems intact; drizzle with honey or maple syrup and bake until tender. Serve warm or chilled with milk or cream.
Combine 1/2 cup each water and apple or cranberry juice, 2 tablespoons honey, 3-inch stick of cinnamon, 2 whole cloves, 1/8 inch thick slice of fresh ginger root, and 1/2 unpeeled orange, sliced. Heat to boiling. Add 4 medium fresh Bartlett pears sliced, and simmer until fruit is tender. Arrange pears on prebaked pastry shells. Reduce sauce to syrup; drizzle over pears. Top with whipped cream.
Serve hot toasted wheat bread spread with peanut butter and topped with fresh Bartlett pear slices.
Fill prebaked pizza crusts with chopped fresh Bartlett pears mixed with chopped nuts, brown sugar and nutmeg. Bake at 350 degrees F until heated through, about 15 minutes.
Melt 2 tablespoons margarine or butter with 1/3 cup sugar in saucepan. Add 3/4 cup orange juice, 1/3 cup lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon each orange and lemon zest. Bring to boil and reduce liquid. Lower heat and add 4 cups fresh Bartlett pear slices. Heat through. Spoon pears into prebaked pastry shells and garnish with whipped cream.
Layer puff pastry squares with sliced ham, Jack, Swiss, or Cheddar cheese and fresh sliced California Bartlett pears. Fold over and bake according to package directions.
Combine 1 fresh Bartlett pear, chopped; 1 chopped apple; 1 sliced banana; 1/4 cup chopped walnuts; 2 tablespoons orange marmalade; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Serve chilled with muffins, matzo, bagels, toast or crackers.
Combine 1 large Bartlett pear and one 8-ounce container of raspberry or boysenberry flavored lowfat yogurt; 2 tablespoons wheat germ; 1/2 cup skim milk; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; egg substitute equivalent to 2 eggs and a dash of salt in blender. Blend until smooth and creamy. Pour into two 12-ounce glasses.