Pear Upside-down Tart

The receptacle chosen to serve as a pie dish should be of a heavy material and able to support the heat of a direct flame. It should be deeper than the ordinary American pie dish in order to contain a sufficient quantity of wine during the first part of the cooking process. A frying pan is perfect if your oven is large enough to take the handle; the lid to a large pommes Anna mold, a tarte tatin mold, or a round, enameled ironware gratin dish will serve equally well. The propo