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Ingredients
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1/2 cup
butter, softened
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1 cup
ground pecans
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5 tablespoons
icing sugar
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1 + 2tbsp cups
ground hazelnuts
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1
pinch of salt
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4
egg whites
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3 tablespoons
Sugar
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2
large pears
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300g
chestnut puree, unsweetened is better
Directions
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Preheat oven on 350F
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Cream the butter with the icing sugar, then add the ground pecans and hazelnuts.
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Beat egg white and pinch salt until stiff. Add the caster sugar and continue beating for 2-3 minutes. Fold in the egg whites into the walnut-hazelnut mixture.
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Wash the pears, cut them in two, remove the core and grate the pears.
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Pour half of the nut mixture into a cake pan. Spread the chestnut puree of top with the help of a spoon.
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Arrange the grated pears on the chestnut puree then pour the rest of the nut preparation.
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Place in the oven and bake for 50 minutes. Let cool completely
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