Pear cake with pistachios recipe
Pear Cake with Pistachios recipe
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Ingredients
| For the yeast dough: | |
| 175 ml | milk |
| 65 g | butter |
| 320 g | flour |
| 1 packet(s) | active dry yeast |
| 1 pinch(es) | salt |
| 60 g | sugar |
| ½ | lemon, grated rind |
| 1 | egg |
| For the topping: | |
| 8 | ripe pears, approx. 1.2kg |
| juice of 1 lemon | |
| For the glaze: | |
| 80 g | pistachios, chopped |
| 3 | eggs |
| 75 g | sugar |
| 250 g | sour cream |
Instructions
For the dough:
In a small saucepan, heat the milk and melt the butter in the milk. Sieve the flour into a bowl and mix well with the yeast. Add in salt, sugar, lemon rind, egg and the lukewarm milk and butter mixture. With a hand mixer mix on the lowest level first, then on the highest level until smooth. Allow the dough to rise at a warm place.
For the topping:
Peel and quarter the pears and remove the cores. Cut the pears into slices. Sprinkle the slices with lemon juice.
Dust the dough with a little flour, remove from the bowl and knead with your hands on a slightly floury surface. Roll out the dough in a high rimmed baking tray. Divide the pear slices on the cake. Cover the tray with a kitchen towel and allow to stand until visible risen.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
For the glaze:
Mix the chopped pistachios, eggs, sugar and sour cream. Evenly divide the glaze on the pears. Transfer the baking tray into the oven and bake the cake for approximately 25-30 minutes.
Preparation time:
ca. 30 min
Cooking / Baking Time:
ca. 30 min
Grade of difficulty:
easy
Calories per portion:
n/a
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