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"Got this recipe from a "Desserts of Italy" class. This dessert couldn't be easier. The class thought it sounded wierd, pears and balsamic vinegar. However, it was great and made a wonderful dessert since it wasn't too sweet."

Ingredients: pears, sugar, unsalted butter...

"This makes a lovely light lunch or a great starter salad for a classic Italian dinner!"

Ingredients: pepper, goat cheese...

"Taken from the Whole Foods market website and posted for ZWT. "Sweet and healthful, this dessert bridges the seasons between summer and autumn by combining crisp pears with Italian ricotta cheese whipped with raw honey. A delectable way to celebrate the changing seasons." Sounds wonderful and light, for after a summer supper. **Cook/prep..."

Ingredients: raw honey, fresh lemon juice...

"An Italian style cake. Regular all-purpose flour or a gluten-free flour blend can be used. If using gluten-free flour use a good quality blended flour that includes a gum or add in 1 teaspoon of xanthan or guar gum with the flour.
USe either a flan tin or a pie plate suitable to serve from. You can make your own almond meal by grinding blanched..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, sliced almonds...

"A Cooking Light recipe - slightly adapted and delicious."

Ingredients: pecorino romano cheese, pears...

"The kids and I went on a sampling spree one time in Sam's Club. One gentleman was offering up these little bites of heaven. All three kids got up the nerve to try them. And all three kids wanted to go back for seconds! First time we had ever had prosciutto and we loved it. The gentleman was so impressed that all three of my kids enjoyed it,..."

Ingredients: havarti cheese, pears...

"This is posted for the World Tour 2005 RecipeZaar event. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks so yummy, I couldn't resist posting it for later use.
The source is Lidia's Italian American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich."

Ingredients: bosc pears, sugar...

"A splendid recipe adapted from The Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian Food by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. This is best eaten right away!"

Ingredients: dark brown sugar, anjou pears...

"Recipe taken from "La Cucina Italiana" magazine and posted for ZWT II 2006 Italy. This is a great make ahead cake, and tastes better the next day. ***NOTE*** Torcolato is a sweet dessert wine, and can probably be substituted by any wine fitting that description with a high acidity, as Torcolato is difficult to find and rather expensive."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, eggs...

"From a Taste of Ancient Rome. We have omitted the fish sauce in this recipe that is called for in the original. If you wish to see that, it's in the directions but honestly? IF you aren't an ancient Roman? Don't try that one."

Ingredients: pepper, cumin, eggs...

"This is a light-tasting, not-too-sweet dessert from Every Night Italian by Guiliano and Marcella Hazan."

Ingredients: dark rum, egg yolks, eggs...

"Escarole topped with thinly sliced juicy pears, dried cherries, artichoke hearts, onion slices, pine nuts and yummy goat cheese."

Ingredients: goat cheese, butter lettuce...

"From the Sopranos Family Cookbook."

Ingredients: anjou pears, bosc pears...

"No cook appetizer with ricotta, stilton, sour cream and pear. Can use apple or fresh figs for the pear. Peel and slice figs before using."

Ingredients: Stilton cheese, lemon juice...