Yotam Ottolenghi’s pear recipes

Pears make the perfect autumn pudding just as they are, but they’re also stellar in cheesecake, cookies and cakesThere is little I love more than a perfect pear; buttery, sweet, ever so slightly grainy – and a king on its throne when sitting on a hunk of salty cheese. Pear trees are common enough here in Britain, but the perfect pear is still elusive, with under-ripe fruit often the norm on shop shelves. But worry not: less than perfect pears can be transformed. In today’s chee