Have a great birthday, Robin!

Wishing you a terrific birthday Robin!

Happy Birthday Robin!

Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with your family.

SharonCb

Happiest of Birthdays to you Robin! Did I see a winning recipe of yours in Hannaford's? If so, congratulations!

Have a wonderful Birthday!

Alexa

Hope it's a great day, Robin! Do something memorable!

Linda

Happy Birthday from me too Robin! Wishing you a great day.

Sharon

Happy Birthday, Robin!

Happy, happy, happy Birthday, Robin!

Sally

Have a great day!

Sol

Happy Birthday Robin!

Joanne

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Robin, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Nancy

Happy Birthday, Robin. I hope your guys are planning a big celebration for you, that someone else does all the cooking AND the cleaning up, and that you get that blue LeCrueset pan from your Dad!

Annie

Have a wonderful birthday Robin!

Shelley

Hope you have a great birthday, Robin!

Stacy

Happy Birthday!

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lyra

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBIN!

A Very Happy Birthday Wish To Robin!!! size=>color>size>color>color>color>color>color>Cathy

I sure wish I knew how to post those beautiful pictures.

Happy birthday!

Robin,

Happy Birthday!!

Cheers!
Susie

Happy Birthday Robin

Happy Birthday Robin! Wishing you a happy day and a happy year.

Lee

Thanks for all the well wishes for my birthday. Today to celebrate I subbed at a daycare taking care of 6 children (one of which was my youngest). The highlight of my birthday was when i brought the children in from playing outside. Things are finally melting here so the yard was muddy and squishy. When I took the boots off the youngest 2 boys an inch of muddy water came out. It was a mess.

Debbie, yes that was my recipe. Thanks for the congratulations!!

-Robin

Oh good grief, I almost missed your birthday!!! I squeaked in before it's too late...hope you read this before midnight!!

Happy Birthday Robin, I hope that it's been wonderful.

Bubbe

Happy Birthday Robin!

David

Happy Birthday Robin.

Ann

Happy Birthday...hope it was a good one!

OK, Robin, so what winning recipe was that? Fork over, you know we're gonna want it.

Or is it that prize winning jam recipe, which I've already made for the Michigan Run, LOL.

Annie

Riesling Poached Pear Frangipane Pie

Directions:
Crust

1 9-inch Hannaford pie crust

Poached Pears

4 cups water
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
6 pears, ripe but not soft
2 1/2 cups late Riesling wine
1 1/2 cups Hannaford sugar
1 lemon slice

Frangipane Filling

1 cup blanched almonds
1/2 cup Hannaford sugar, divided
1/4 cup Hannaford flour
6 Tbsp. Hannaford unsalted butter, softened
2 large Hannaford eggs
1 tsp. Hannaford vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. Hannaford imitation almond extract
1 Tbsp. reduced poaching syrup

1. Bake pie crust according to package instructions for pre-baking an empty crust. Cool.

2. Prepare poached pears. In a large bowl, combine water and lemon juice. Peel, core, and halve pears, and place halves in lemon water. Set aside.

3. Combine wine, sugar, and lemon slice in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Once this syrup mixture boils, reduce heat and keep it simmering.

4. Drain pears and discard lemon water. Add pears to syrup. Poach for 5 minutes, turn pears over, and continue poaching for an additional 5 minutes, or until pears are tender when pierced with a knife. Remove pears from syrup and place on paper towels to drain. Continue simmering syrup until reduced to 1 cup, about 20 minutes.

5. While syrup simmers, prepare frangipane. Combine almonds with 1/4 cup of the sugar in a food processor and process until finely ground. Add flour and pulse until combined.

6. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer on medium high to beat butter and remaining 1/4 cup of the sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating until well incorporated after each one. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts and poaching syrup. Reduce speed to low, add ground nut mixture, and mix until just combined.

7. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread frangipane in pre-baked pie shell.

8. Slice 1 pear half into slices 3/8 to 1/4 inch wide without separating slices. Slide a spatula under pears to transfer without separating. Fan pear half by pressing on stem end. Slide fanned pear half on to frangipane slowly so you can place it correctly. Repeat with additional pear halves until frangipane has pear fans evenly spaced over it, with space in between. Place pie on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes, until frangipane is puffed, golden, and solid to the touch. If crust edges start to brown too much, cover them with foil. Cool on a wire rack.

9. To serve, slice remaining pear halves in half. Place a quarter pear on a plate, drizzle with poaching syrup, and place a slice of pie beside pear. Extra poached pears may be refrigerated in an airtight container for three to four days, covered with any remaining poaching syrup.

APPROXIMATE NUTRITIONAL VALUES PER SERVING: 450 CALORIES, 62G CARBOHYDRATES, 6G PROTEIN, 19G FAT (7G SATURATED), 60MG CHOLESTEROL, 100MG SODIUM, 6G FIBER

Just a note on the recipe, It is not actually a tried and true ;-) Well, I guess the judges have made it and tried it. When the dessert recipe contest came up at HAnnaford's my first thought was something highligting those pached pears, and I thought of a tart, but that seemed difficult for the average Joe. So I came up with 3 other ideas and made them. The first was really tasty and really ugly, the second had promise but would have taken too much work to perfect. The third oen we did not like at all so I sent it in to DH's office where it was devoured.

Well the deadline was October 31 and by this time it was the week before and I had costumes to finish and Trick or Treating to do... SO I decided to submit my idea using a Hannaford pie shell. Couldn't hurt right? When I was notified that I came in 3rd I laughed for 15 minutes. I was honest witht he woman who interviewed me but she printed that it took me 4 tries to get teh recipe just right. LOL!! If I was to make it I would use a pie or a tart crust, and one day I will make it!

-Robin