Sweet-Savory Pound Cake with Blue Cheese and Wine-Poached PearsTheWorldWideGourmet.com
Total time: 15 to 30 min
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Nutritional values
per 100 g
per portion
Energy:292.4 kcal
Proteins:1.8 g
Fats:23.2 g
Carbohydrate:21.8 g
Fibers:2.5 g
Sugar:17.3 g
Cholesterol:61.5 mg
Sodium:239.8 mg
Calcium:68.2 mg
Energy:223 kcal
Proteins:1.4 g
Fats:17.7 g
Carbohydrate:16.6 g
Fibers:1.9 g
Sugar:13.2 g
Cholesterol:46.9 mg
Sodium:182.9 mg
Calcium:52 mg
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INGREDIENTS
For 6 serving(s)
Quantity
Weight/Volume
Unit
Ingredient
4
g
thin slices of all butter pound cake
2
firm pears
45
ml
demerara sugar
2
star anise
0.5
vanilla bean
1
cinnamon stick
15
ml
honey
1
ml
balsamic reduction
1
thick slice of blue cheese
METHOD
- Bring the wine to a boil in a saucepan with the sugar, vanillla, cinnamon and star anise; reduce the heat and simmer.
- Carefully peel the pears and cook in the wine for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and let the pears sit in the liquid for 10 minutes longer.
- In the meantime, cut 4 1-cm thick (3/8") slices of pound cake and trim the edges to form a nice square; in the center of each one place 1/2 tsp. honey.
- Then cut 4 rounds of blue cheese with a cookie cutter and place them on the honey in the center of the pound cake slices.
- Finally, slice the pears thinly and place a few slices on the cheese, showing off their nice pink color.
- Decorate with a few drops of balsamic reduction.
CHEF'S NOTES
*Ideally, choose a Spanish or Mediterranean wine with more tannins that will give a nice deep color to the pears.
