A cup of tea with this delicious cake in front of the fireplace ! A treat for family and friends. Just sit back and enjoy !
Ingredients.
- 1l red wine
- 50 g almond flour
- 50 g icing sugar
- 10/12 Martin sec pears
- 300g sugar
- 3 eggs
- 8 g corn starch
- Vanilla
- Some butter
- 7 g 00 flour
- Star anise
- Cinnamon
Core the pears from the base in order to leave the top intact with the stems .
In a saucepan (just large enough to hold the pears) heat the red wine with the granulated sugar, star anise, vanilla pod and a piece of cinnamon and cook them for 40 minutes.
Beat the eggs with the almond flour and the icing sugar to obtain an airy and light colored foam, mix the 00 flour with the cornstarch and fold it very gently into the mixture of the eggs.
Grease a springform (ø17cm) and powder with some flour.
Spread some batter on the bottom of the form, arrange the pears,fill them with some batter. Then add the rest of the batter, letting the pears emerge well.
Bake at 170 º C for about 40 minutes.
Let cool, sprinkle the cake with some icing sugar and wine reduction.
Done.
Buon appetito !
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