Sniff, sniff...anyway here is this week's Technical Challenge. Mini Pear Pies (http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mini_pear_pies_77186). I found these less of a stress than last week's Tiramisu Cake, but I didn't have to keep leaving the house like I did last week.
Again the recipe was very straight forward. I haven't made rough puff for years, actually not even sure I've ever made it, but hey, I'm pleased with how it turned out. The only thing I didn't like was having to grate the lard and butter...just messy.
Poaching the pears was easy peasy, here's a pic of them bubbling away...
Then I left them to cool and reduced the poaching liquid down to a syrup.
Once all was cooled and chilled it was time to assemble. This was quite straight forward, just needed a steady hand to cut the strips and then wrap them around the pears. As you'll see from the following picture, I had to construct a form of scaffold for one pear as it was leaning over!
I was half expecting the pastry to slide off the pears a la Richard, but it all stayed on and cooked beautifully. And voila! My version of Mini Pear Pies.
They didn't last long...yum, yum!
See you next week with a European cake delight (and perhaps a brand new baby!).
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