Pear Marzipan Slices

AUTHOR
Valentine Lee
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 2
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 3 medium-sized pears
  • 50 g Sugar
  • 1/2 l Orange juice
  • 12 (à 45 g) square slices of deep-frozen puff pastry
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 200 g Marzipan raw mass
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Icing sugar
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Orange marmalade
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Milk
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and halve the pears and cut out the core. Cut into the surface of the pears. Caramelise the sugar in a pot. Add orange juice and bring to the boil while stirring. Let the pear halves steep in it for about 10 minutes, take them out and let them cool down. Place the puff pastry slices next to each other and let them thaw.

  2. 2

    Separate the egg. Mix marzipan, icing sugar, egg white and 2 tbsp. orange marmalade. Line baking tray with baking paper. Place 6 puff pastry slices on top of each other, slightly overlapping, and press down slightly. Spread marzipan mixture on top. Cut a "pear" out of the remaining puff pastry slices from the middle. Place the edges of the pastry side by side on the pastry sheet. Place the pear halves in the cut out "pears". Whisk egg yolk and milk. Spread the edges of the dough with it.

  3. 3

    Cut a "pear" out of the remaining puff pastry slices from the middle. Place the edges of the pastry side by side on the pastry sheet. Place the pear halves in the cut out "pears". Whisk egg yolk and milk. Spread the edges of the dough with it. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 25-30 minutes, remove from oven. Bake the puff pastry pears at the same temperature for about 10 minutes. Heat up 4 tbsp. orange marmalade. Spread pear marzipan slices with it and let them cool down. Cut into pieces

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 25-30 minutes, remove from oven. Bake the puff pastry pears at the same temperature for about 10 minutes. Heat up 4 tbsp. orange marmalade. Spread pear marzipan slices with it and let them cool down. Cut into pieces

  5. 5

    waiting time 45 minutes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
650 kcal
CARBS
70 g
FATS
36 g
PROTEINS
10 g

Categories & Tags

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