Yield: 4 servings
Preparation is easy
Preparation time is 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 pears, peeled
- 1 cup sugar (200 grams)
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 cups water (2 pints)
For the filling:
- ¾ cup fine sugar (150 grams)
- 40 grams butter (1 ½ ounces)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup cream (6 fluid ounces)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup ground almonds (200 grams)
- ¼ cup plain flour (30 grams)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- Put the pears, cinnamon sticks, sugar and water in a pan over a low heat for 15 minutes or a little more, until the pears are just soft. Set them aside to cool in their juice.
- Put the sugar, butter, vanilla extract, egg yolks, butter, ground almonds, baking powder and flour into an electric mixer and beat until well combined. In a separate bowl beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Fold them into the egg-flour-butter mix.
- Fill four small oven-proof dishes with the mixture and put a pear on top. Press it down until it is one-third submerged. Bake for 30 minutes, until the filling is firm.
- Serve warm with ice cream.