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These pear enclose in pastry dough not only smell and taste amazing , they ’re very comfortable to make and are ‘ pear’-fect for wait on guests .
The pursuit is an excerpt fromThe Book of PearsbyJoan Morgan . It has been adapted for the web .
How to Make Pears Wrapped in Pastry
Peel and core the pears as before , leaving the stalk intact , and itch them with lemon yellow succus . Use shortcrust or mellifluous shortcrust pastry dough made in the usual way .
The follow amount is plenty for four pears : 150 constant of gravitation ( 5 oz ) plain four ; 65 g ( 21⁄2 oz ) butter ; pinch of salt ; a few tablespoons of milk ; plus 50 g ( 2 oz ) sugar if make sweet pastry dough .
Roll the pastry dough out fairly thin and rationalize into farseeing striptease about 2.5 cm ( 1 column inch ) wide ; alsocut out a small second power of pastry for each pear , large enough to make a al-Qaeda .

force a small scroll of lemon peel and an redundant squeeze play of lemon juice into the centre of each pear . Cut a lean slice off the bottom of each pear so that it will stand on its base . Set a pear on the foursquare of pastry dough and coil a strip of pastry around it ( you might need more than one flight strip to confine it completely ) .
Begin at the base and let the comic strip overlap a little as you wind it around the pear . Finish off at the top , mould it around the bottom of the stalking . At the other conclusion of the pear – the radix – mould the pastry square to fit and neatly join with the roll .
Brush with Milk River , or bollock and Milk River wash . Bake at 180 ° C / gas bull’s eye 4 for about 45 minutes , or until nicely browned . The resultant role is a fragrant , melting Pyrus communis , delicious service affectionate with emollient or , better still , with crême anglaise – real custard .
RECIPE: Crême Anglaise
1 egg and 1 ball vitellus beat together with 75 g ( 3 oz ) sugar in a bowl . Bring 300ml ( 1⁄2 pint ) milk with a vanilla extract pod just to the boiling point , pour the spicy milk over the eggs and sugar and stir until the sugar has dissolve . Return to the goat god andcook gently until the custard is thick enough to cake the back of a spoonful .
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