"Poached Pear and Raspberry Trifle..."
INGREDIENTS
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4 cups water
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1 cup honey
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2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
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4 firm but ripe Bosc or Bartlett pears, peeled, cored, halved
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2 cups heavy cream, plus 2 cups heavy cream
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6 egg yolks
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½ cup sugar
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Prepared pound cake, about 12 ounces, crusts trimmed
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½ cup Marsala wine
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½ cup Amaretto
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4 cups fresh or frozen and thawed raspberries
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¼ cup confectioners' sugar
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Fresh raspberries and mint leaves for decoration