Drinks, desserts & cakes

France

Pears in chocolate sauce

Total cooking time: approx. 8-13 minutes

Utensils: Bowl with lid (2 l capacity)

 

Bowl with lid (1 l capacity)

Ingredients

4

pears (600 g)

60 g

sugar

1 pack

vanilla sugar (10 g)

1 tbsps

pear liqueur, 30 % vol

150 ml

water

130 g

dark chocolate

100 g

crème fraîche

Sweden

Pistachio rice pudding with strawberries

Total cooking time: approx. 27-31 minutes.

Utensils: Tall bowl with a lid (2 l capacity) Ingredients

125 g long grain rice

150 ml milk

175 ml water

1vanilla pod

pinch salt

50 g

sugar

250 g

strawberries

40 g

sugar

40 ml

Cointreau (40 % vol orange liqueur)

200 ml

cream

1

egg white

50 g

pistachio nuts (shell off)

1.Peel the pears whole.

2.Place the sugar, vanilla sugar, the pear liqueur and the water into the bowl, stir, cover and heat.

1-2 min. 900 W

3.Place the pears into the liquid, cover and cook.

5-8 min. 900 W

Take the pears out of the cooking liqueur, and place in a cold place.

4.Pour 50 ml of the cooking liqueur into the smaller bowl. Add the chopped chocolate and the crème fraîche, cover, and heat.

2-3 min. 900 W

5.Stir the sauce well. Pour the sauce over the pears, and serve.

Tip: Delicious when served with a ball of vanilla ice cream.

1.Place the rice in the bowl and fill with the liquid ingredients. Slit open the vanilla pod, add to the rice with the salt and the sugar, cover, and cook.

1.3-5 min. 900 W

2.24-26 min. 270 W

Allow the rice to stand for about 5 minutes after cooking.

2.Cut the strawberries in half, mix in the sugar and the Cointreau.

3.Remove the vanilla pod from the rice, and cool the rice in a cold water bain marie, while stirring. Whip the cream and the egg white separately until both are stiff. Fold in first the pistachios, then the cream, and finally the egg white into the cold rice.

4.Place the rice in a large dish. Make a well in the top and place the strawberries in the well.

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Electrolux MC2660E manual Pears in chocolate sauce, Pistachio rice pudding with strawberries, Sweden

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