3 Sep 2007

Do Try This at Home

I was making a cake for a party in our apartment building and decided to do a remake-over of the popular Victoria Sandwich, I’ve already shown you (see post from the 24th of July).

Here’s the good stuff I stuffed into it: stewed pear and cinnamon whip (for the lack of a better word).

The “how-to”:

Dice up four pears (it’s okay if they’re rather hard) & one apple and boil ‘em up in three decilitres (dl.) of water, about 1/4 dl. of brown sugar and 1/2 dl. of regular sugar (or more, if you like it sweeter). Add one star anis, the rind of 1/4 lemon and the juice of 1/2 lemon.

When it starts boiling turn it down slightly and let it simmer for about an hour or until the fruit is transparent and the juice is nice and thick. The star anis and the brown sugar are absolutely essential if you want that velvety caramel flavour and a distinct pear taste. Uhmm, and then a dollop of crème fraiche gently folded into some whipped cream mixed with cinnamon and a tiny bit of icing sugar. It’s pure happiness in a silver spoon.

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