Healthy Pear Vanilla Sorbet Martha Rose Shulman 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' freezing and refrigeration
Preserved Pears With Pepper, Star Anise and Vanilla Syrup Cathy Barrow About an hour, plus cooling time
Vanilla Bean Poundcake With Muscat-Macerated Fruit Melissa Clark, Morrell Wine Bar, Cafe 1 hour 30 minutes
Blackberry And Vanilla Bean Custard Parfait Florence Fabricant, Roxanne's 45 minutes plus soaking overnight
Creme Brulee Molly O'Neill, Le Cirque 15 minutes, plus 1 hour and 25 minutes cooking time and 3 hours resting (280 minutes).