For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
2 grapefruits - 2
4 Pears - 3
1 1⁄3 cup water - 4
2⁄3 cup caster sugar - 5
½ lemon - 6
4 pinches Citrus crunch - 7
1 cup sabayon
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 55 min. | 55 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 25 min.
Peel 2 grapefruits and arrange in small dishes.
Stage 2 - 25 min.
Collect the grapefruit juice, strain, and use to make sabayon.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Just before serving, cover the grapefruits with sabayon, and sprinkle with a pinch of 4 pinches Citrus crunch.
Stage 4
If you use 4 Pears instead of 2 grapefruits, peel and cut them in quarters, discard the core.
Poach in a light syrup made with 1 1⁄3 cup water, 2⁄3 cup caster sugar, and juice of ½ lemon, until soft (check by piercing with a knife).
Poach in a light syrup made with 1 1⁄3 cup water, 2⁄3 cup caster sugar, and juice of ½ lemon, until soft (check by piercing with a knife).
Stage 5
Cut each quarter into small dice and drain thoroughly.
Stage 6
Put a layer of diced pear into dishes either alone, or on top of grapefruit segments.
Stage 7
To serve, cover the pears with sabayon, and sprinkle with a pinch of citrus crunch.
Remarks
This dessert is fairly quick, and the fruit can be prepared in advance, only the sabayon must be made at the last minute.
Keeping
To eat right now.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,804 Kcal or 7,553 Kj | 18 gr | 385 gr | 21 gr |
| 90 % | 7 % | 36 % | 3 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 83 Kcal or 348 Kj | 1 gr | 18 gr | 1 gr |
| 4 % | <1 % | 2 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 451 Kcal or 1,888 Kj | 4 gr | 96 gr | 5 gr |
| 23 % | 2 % | 9 % | 1 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stewed apple (compote), Choux pastry (pâte à choux), Bacon rolls, Praline, Sushi, ... All |
 | Sabayon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry brunoise in a dessert-wine sabayon, Soft fruits in sabayon, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Puits d'amour, Almond macaroon cake, Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Hazelnut and orange cake, Crème brulée, ... All |
 | Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Pear tart with almond cream, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Pear sorbet, Poire Belle Hélène, ... All |
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