Bavarian Cream with Pears in Red Wine


Servings: 10
INGREDIENTS
  • For the sponge:
  • - 2 eggs
  • - 3 egg whites
  • - 70 g almond powder
  • - 70 g of powdered sugar
  • - 50 g of wheat flour Probios
  • - 30 g of sugar cane Probios
  • - 30 g of butter
  • For the Bavarian:
  • - 400 ml of whipping cream
  • - 250 ml of milk
  • - 3 yolk
  • - 30 g of sugar
  • - 1 tablespoon pear brandy
  • - ½ vanilla bean
  • - ½ sheet of gelatin for desserts
  • For the pears:
  • - 2 pears williams
  • - 250 ml of organic red wine
  • - 60 g of cane sugar Probios
  • - 0.50 orange zest
  • - 0.50 lemon zest
  • - ½ stick of cinnamon bark
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Boil 40 ml of water with pears, peeled and left whole, sugar, wine, cinnamon, orange peel and lemon. Simmer for 3-4 minutes. Let stand in the pan for a whole day.
  2. Beat the 2 eggs in a bowl with the almond powder and icing sugar, stir in gently by the stiff egg whites beaten by hand with the sugar, add the sifted flour and the melted butter, stirring carefully. Spread the mixture well giving it a rectangular shape on a sheet of silicone paper (sold in pastry shops) or a sheet of parchment paper 40 x 60 cm. Bake the cake for 8 minutes at 250 ° C.
  3. Bring the milk flavored with vanilla to a boil and immediately pour in the well blended egg yolks with the sugar . Stir in focus minimum for 20-30 seconds. Turn off and add the squeezed gelatine, made soak in cold water. Pass the vream through a strainer pouring it into a bowl posed in a larger one full of ice. Cool quickly stirring almost constantly; then add the brandy and stir in the whipped cream. The Bavarian cream is ready.
  4. Take a ring for sweets of 24 cm diameter and 4 cm high and place it on a sheet of silicone paper or on a double layer of baking paper. Arrang at the center of the ring a syrup pear cutted in half and faced upwards. Remove the core of the other pear and diced.
  5. Lined the ring with strips of sponge cake 3 cm high and pour in the Bavarian, taking care to distribute evenly the diced pear. Cover with a disc of sponge cake, lightly pressing.
  6. Keep the cake in the freezer for at least 2-3 hours. Turn it upside down on a serving tray, lift up the ring and put it in the fridge for an hour. After this time, it will be ready.