Poached Pears Almond Cake
Poached Pears Almond Cake

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, poached pears almond cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Meanwhile, for the poached pears, place a large saucepan over a medium heat. Stir in the sugar, lemon rind and cinnamon stick. A lovely pear cake, made with fresh pears, nestled in a lightly sweet and moist almond cake.

Poached Pears Almond Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Poached Pears Almond Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook poached pears almond cake using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Poached Pears Almond Cake:
  1. Make ready Poached Pears:
  2. Take Water, 750ml or More
  3. Get 150 g Dark Muscovado Sugar,
  4. Get 1 Cinnamon Stick,
  5. Take 2 Star Anise,
  6. Take 1 Stalk Lemongrass White Part Only,
  7. Make ready Fresh Orange Zest, 1 Orange
  8. Get 1/2 Inch Ginger Thinly Sliced,
  9. Prepare 3 Pears Preferably Bosc,
  10. Prepare Cake:
  11. Get Unsalted Butter Softened, 110g + More For Greasing
  12. Take 75 g Dark Muscovado Sugar,
  13. Prepare 2 Eggs Lightly Beaten,
  14. Make ready 110 g Almond Meal,
  15. Get 50 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  16. Make ready 1/2 TSP Salt,
  17. Get 1/2 TSP Baking Powder,
  18. Prepare 1/2 TSP Pure Vanilla Extract,
  19. Prepare Almond Flakes, A Sprinkle
  20. Make ready Icing Sugar, For Dusting

Directions for the poached pears: Place the pears, spices, lemon and water in tall saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat. This is a soft moist almond cake with poached pear, hope you enjoy it. Please subscribe to this channel. for more recipes please visit. I almost poached the pears in red wine, but I've been using it in so many recipes lately.

Steps to make Poached Pears Almond Cake:
  1. Poach pears. - - In a sauce pot, add water, sugar, cinnamon, star anise, lemongrass, orange zest and ginger. - - Stir to combine well. - - Lightly bruise the lemongrass with knife, just like crashing a garlic.
  2. Bring it up to a boil. - - Turn the heat down to low and bring it to a slow simmer. - - Simmer for about 30 mins. - - Remove from heat.
  3. Working 1 pear at a time. - - Peel the pear with a potato peeler. If you are good with knives, use a knife instead. - - Using a melon baller, gently scrape out the bottom.
  4. Continue scrapping until all the seeds are scraped out. - - Be careful and try not to damage the pears. - - Slice the bottom of the pears to make it flat.
  5. Immediately transfer into the water mixture. - - Repeat the process from the remaining pears. - - If the water is not enuff to fully submerge the pears, add more water. - - Return to a medium heat.
  6. Bring it up to a slow simmer. - - Turn the heat down to low. - - Cover the pears and water with parchment paper to allow even poaching. - - Poach the pears for 30 mins.
  7. Remove from heat and set aside to cool down completely. - - Sit in the fridge overnight or up to 3 days.
  8. Prepare the cake. - - Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius or 340 fahrenheit. - - Take the poached pears out of the syrup mixture and carefully place on a wire cooling rack to drain off any excess liquid.
  9. You can make tea with the amazing spiced syrup or make a chocolate sauce.* - - Grease loaf pan with butter. - - Line parchment with the sides overhanging. - - In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  10. Add in eggs and continue creaming until well combined. - - In another large bowl, sieve together almond meal, flour, salt and baking powder, - - Transfer the almond meal mixture into the butter mixture. - - Add in vanilla.
  11. Gently fold to combine well. - - Transfer into the loaf pan. - - Carefully place the pears into the batter with the stems protruding.
  12. Wack into the oven and bale for 40 to 50 mins or until a skewer comes out clean with a few crumbs. - - Half way thru' baking process, take the cake outta the oven and sprinkle almond flakes over the top. - - Remove from oven and set aside for 10 mins.
  13. Unmold and let it cool down completely on a wire cooling rack. - - Dust some icing sugar over the top. - - Slice and serve.

Lift the pear halves out of the syrup and place them on paper towels to dry. This sumptuously moist cake is delightful with coffee at the end of a meal, but equally good with an afternoon cup of tea. Using a large metal spoon, fold in the flour and ground almonds. Scrape the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. The poached pears can be refrigerated overnight; rewarm gently before assembling.

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