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Dijonnaise pear cake

This moist cake with a pear-dijonnaise centre is made with a "moelleux" batter. The pears are cooked first in blackcurrant-flavoured crème de cassis.

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Last modified on: January 30^th 2022

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You will need:

1 4 Pears
2 10 g Vanilla sugar
3 250 ml Blackcurrant liqueur
4 350 g "Moelleux" cake batter
Total weight: 1,330 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	1 hour 20 min.	1 hour 44 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

The blackcurrant poached pears

Peel 4 Pears, cut lengthways into 4 (or 8) and remove the core.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Put into a saucepan, scatter 10 g Vanilla sugar over and mix well.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Cover and leave to cook gently on low heat for 10 minutes.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 250 ml Blackcurrant liqueur to the pear juice now accumulated in the pan.

Stage 5 - 30 min.

Leave uncovered to poach for about 30 minutes until the liquid in the pan has reduced by around half and the pears are reaching "confit" stage.

Leave to cool, then drain, but keep the juice.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Assembling the cake

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter a loaf tin, then pour in half the moelleux batter.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Carefully arrange the drained pears in a tightly-packed and even layer.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Pour the remaining moelleux batter on top.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Stand the tin(s) on a baking sheet, cut a split along the top of each cake if possible...

Stage 10 - 40 min.

...and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

Stage 11

Turn out while still hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

The quantity of crème de cassis is only a guide. You will need enough to just about cover the pears.

And to drink?

stage 5

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
620 Kcal or 2,596 Kj	20 gr	281 gr	54 gr
31 %	8 %	27 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
47 Kcal or 197 Kj	2 gr	21 gr	4 gr
2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For : 3.93 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	"Moelleux" cake batter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre, Leopard cake, ... All
	Blackcurrant liqueur: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackcurrant sorbet for Edith, Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Viennese Shortbread, Yvetot Douillons, Cramique, Toasted almond cake, Kouign-amann brioche, ... All
	Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: French Family Cake, Apple and pear tart, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Pear sorbet, Pear compote , ... All

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